What is CVE-2024-0598?

CVE-2024-0598 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Kadencewp Gutenberg Blocks With Ai, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.4/10. Published 2024-04-09.

How severe is CVE-2024-0598?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.4 out of 10.

Is CVE-2024-0598 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

XSS in Kadencewp Gutenberg Blocks With Ai

CVE-2024-0598

The Gutenberg Blocks by Kadence Blocks – Page Builder Features plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the contact form message settings in all versions up to and including 3.2.17 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with editor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. This primarily affects multi-site installations and installations where unfiltered_html has been disabled.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.007 (48.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

20142995/nuclei-templates

References

security@wordfence.com (Third Party Advisory)
security@wordfence.com (Exploit)
security@wordfence.com (Patch)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-0598?: CVE-2024-0598 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Kadencewp Gutenberg Blocks With Ai, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.4/10. Published 2024-04-09.
How severe is CVE-2024-0598?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.4 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-0598 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.