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ghsa-phjg-gj5x-8j96

Vulnerability from github

Published

2024-01-15 18:30

Modified

2025-06-11 18:35

Severity ?

9.8 (Critical) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

The Essential Blocks WordPress plugin before 4.4.3 does not prevent unauthenticated attackers from overwriting local variables when rendering templates over the REST API, which may lead to Local File Inclusion attacks.

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  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2023-6623"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
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      "CWE-22"
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    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2024-01-15T16:15:12Z",
    "severity": "CRITICAL"
  },
  "details": "The Essential Blocks WordPress plugin before 4.4.3 does not prevent unauthenticated attackers from overwriting local variables when rendering templates over the REST API, which may lead to Local File Inclusion attacks.",
  "id": "GHSA-phjg-gj5x-8j96",
  "modified": "2025-06-11T18:35:37Z",
  "published": "2024-01-15T18:30:18Z",
  "references": [
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      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-6623"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://wpscan.com/blog/file-inclusion-vulnerability-fixed-in-essential-blocks-4-4-3"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/633c28e0-0c9e-4e68-9424-55c32789b41f"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}

CVE-2023-6623 (GCVE-0-2023-6623)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5

Published

2024-01-15 15:10

Modified

2025-06-11 16:37

Severity ?

9.8 (Critical) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CWE

CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

Summary

References

▼	URL	Tags
	https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/633c28e0-0c9e-4e68-9424-55c32789b41f	exploit, vdb-entry, technical-description
	https://wpscan.com/blog/file-inclusion-vulnerability-fixed-in-essential-blocks-4-4-3/

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	Unknown	Essential Blocks	Version: 0 ≤

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              "confidentialityImpact": "HIGH",
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    "dateReserved": "2023-12-08T14:24:56.244Z",
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Sightings

Author	Source	Type	Date

Nomenclature

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Confirmed: The vulnerability is confirmed from an analyst perspective.
Exploited: This vulnerability was exploited and seen by the user reporting the sighting.
Patched: This vulnerability was successfully patched by the user reporting the sighting.
Not exploited: This vulnerability was not exploited or seen by the user reporting the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expresses doubt about the veracity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: This vulnerability was not successfully patched by the user reporting the sighting.

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