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CVE-2023-2085

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The Essential Blocks plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized use of functionality due to a missing capability check on the templates function in ver…

Vendor / product: Wpdeveloper — essential blocks

The Essential Blocks plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized use of functionality due to a missing capability check on the templates function in versions up to, and including, 4.0.6. This makes it possible for subscriber-level attackers to obtain plugin template information. While a nonce check is present, it is only executed when a nonce is provided. Not providing a nonce results in the nonce verification to be skipped. There is no capability check.

CVSS
4.3
4.3 (CVSS v3.1)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Severity source: NVD CVSS v3.1 (nvd@nist.gov)
Timeline (UTC)
Published: 2023-06-09 06:16
Modified: 2026-10-28 19:10
NVD status: Modified
Last synced 1 day ago
Verified against the source API 2026-10-28 19:26 UTC
Exploitation
Not listed in CISA KEV (as of last catalog sync)
Absence from KEV does not mean a CVE is not exploited. Exploitation status: unknown (no authoritative evidence in our sources).

Affected products

wpdeveloper / essential_blocks ≤4.0.6

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-862

Source: NVD / CISA. “NVD-CWE-Other” and “NVD-CWE-noinfo” mean NVD could not assign a specific weakness.

Mitigation & advisories

Patch / mitigation: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/essential-blocks/tags/4.0.6/includes/Admin/Admin.php
Patch / mitigation: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&new=2900595%40essential-blocks%2Ftrunk&old=2900029%40essential-blocks%2Ftrunk&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=#file2
Patch / mitigation: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/essential-blocks/tags/4.0.6/includes/Admin/Admin.php
Patch / mitigation: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&new=2900595%40essential-blocks%2Ftrunk&old=2900029%40essential-blocks%2Ftrunk&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=#file2

References

Data sources

NVD CVE API 2.0 — fetched 2026-10-28 19:26 UTC · record ↗

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