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CVE-2024-9636: Post Grid and Gutenberg Blocks 2.2.85 - 2.3.3 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2025-01-15 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-269

Description

The Post Grid and Gutenberg Blocks plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in versions 2.2.85 to 2.3.3. This is due to the plugin not properly restricting what user meta can be updated during profile registration. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to register on the site as an administrator.

Affected products

• pickplugins Post Grid and Gutenberg Blocks – ComboBlocks: from 2.2.85 through 2.3.3

References

• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/post-grid/tags/2.2.93/includes/blocks/form-wrap/functions.php#L3200
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3117675/post-grid/trunk/includes/blocks/form-wrap/functions.php
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3221012/post-grid/trunk/includes/blocks/form-wrap/functions.php
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/1bbe01b8-24ed-4e1e-bafc-0f4dea96c1f3?source=cve

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