What is CVE-2024-9073?

CVE-2024-9073 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Gutengeek Free Gutenberg Blocks, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.4/10. Published 2024-09-25.

How severe is CVE-2024-9073?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.4 out of 10.

Is CVE-2024-9073 known to be exploited?

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

XSS in Gutengeek Free Gutenberg Blocks

CVE-2024-9073

The GutenGeek Free Gutenberg Blocks for WordPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via SVG File uploads in all versions up to, and including, 1.1.3 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Author-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses the SVG file.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.003 (20.2th 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

Gutengeek Free_gutenberg_blocks
Wpopal Gutengeek Free Gutenberg Blocks For Wordpress — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

security@wordfence.com (Third Party Advisory)
security@wordfence.com (Product)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-9073?: CVE-2024-9073 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Gutengeek Free Gutenberg Blocks, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.4/10. Published 2024-09-25.
How severe is CVE-2024-9073?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.4 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-9073 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.