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Vulnerability · CVE-2025-4682

The Essential Blocks – Page Builder Gutenberg Blocks, Patterns & Templates plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via HTML attributes in Slider and Post

Published May 27, 2025 · catalog updated Apr 8, 2026 · Gutenberg Essential Blocks – Page Builder for Gutenberg Blocks & Patterns

Check if you run it

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-4682. EPSS is 0.35%. Act only if a listed version of Gutenberg Essential Blocks – Page Builder for Gutenberg Blocks & Patterns is installed.

Gaps on this record

  • No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
Severity
Medium6.4
Known exploitation
Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
0.35%
Remediation
Vendor / distro source
Affected products
vendor wpdevteam Gutenberg Essential Blocks – Page Builder for Gutenberg Blocks & Patterns 0 ≤5.4.0

The Essential Blocks – Page Builder Gutenberg Blocks, Patterns & Templates plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via HTML attributes in Slider and Post Carousel widgets in all versions up to, and including, 5.4.0 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

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  • vendor wpdevteam Gutenberg Essential Blocks – Page Builder for Gutenberg Blocks & Patterns 0 ≤5.4.00 ≤5.4.0

How to fix CVE-2025-4682

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-4682. EPSS is 0.35%. Act only if a listed version of Gutenberg Essential Blocks – Page Builder for Gutenberg Blocks & Patterns is installed.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with wpdevteam Gutenberg Essential Blocks – Page Builder for Gutenberg Blocks & Patterns 0 ≤5.4.0 0 ≤5.4.0. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.

What should an analyst verify?

No weakness class is stored. EPSS 0.35%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

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Code

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Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. May 27, 2025 · EUVD

    Detected

    The Essential Blocks – Page Builder Gutenberg Blocks, Patterns & Templates plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via HTML attributes in Slider and Post Carousel widgets in all versions up to, and including, 5.4.0 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to inj

  2. Apr 8, 2026 · EUVD

    Updated

    The Essential Blocks – Page Builder Gutenberg Blocks, Patterns & Templates plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via HTML attributes in Slider and Post Carousel widgets in all versions up to, and including, 5.4.0 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to inj

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2025-4682

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2025-4682

    30-day exploitation probability 0.4%

    first.org
  • EUVDVulnerability recordEUVD-2025-28071

    The Essential Blocks – Page Builder Gutenberg Blocks, Patterns & Templates plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via HTML attributes in Slider and Post Carousel widgets in all versions up to, and including, 5.4.0 due to insufficient input sanitization

    euvd.enisa.europa.eu

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 18, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.