CVE-2023-6623: essential blocks vulnerability

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.
CVE-2023-6623CVSS 9.8CMS

CVE-2023-6623: essential blocks vulnerability

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.

CVSS
9.8 CRITICAL
EPSS
98.81%
Known exploited
not in KEV
Product
essential blocks

What is known

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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