CVE-2023-6623

critical

Description

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.

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/633c28e0-0c9e-4e68-9424-55c32789b41f

https://wpscan.com/blog/file-inclusion-vulnerability-fixed-in-essential-blocks-4-4-3/

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2024-01-15

Updated: 2025-06-11

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 10

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: Critical

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H