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

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-01-15 15:10 – Updated: 2025-06-11 16:37
VLAI?
Title
Essential Blocks < 4.4.3 - Unauthenticated Local File Inclusion
Summary
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.
Severity ?
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Unknown Essential Blocks Affected: 0 , < 4.4.3 (semver)
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Credits
Marc Montpas WPScan
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