XSS in Munirkamal Gutenberg Block Editor Toolkit – Editorskit

CVE-2024-2794

The Gutenberg Block Editor Toolkit – EditorsKit plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's 'editorskit' shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 1.40.4 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. CVE-2024-32586 is likely a duplicate of this issue.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.004 (31.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-2794?
CVE-2024-2794 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Munirkamal Gutenberg Block Editor Toolkit – Editorskit, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.4/10. Published 2024-03-30.
How severe is CVE-2024-2794?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.4 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-2794 known to be exploited?
1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.