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Vulnerability · CVE-2025-8588

The Gutenberg Blocks – PublishPress Blocks plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'Marker Title' and 'Marker Description' parameters for the Maps

Published Oct 25, 2025 · catalog updated Apr 8, 2026 · PublishPress Blocks – Block Controls, Block Visibility, Block Permissions

Last checked Oct 30, 2026. A connected source was read within the last 7 days.

Check if you run it

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-8588. EPSS is 0.23%. Act only if a listed version of PublishPress Blocks – Block Controls, Block Visibility, Block Permissions 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
0.23%
Remediation
Vendor / distro source
Affected products
vendor publishpress PublishPress Blocks – Block Controls, Block Visibility, Block Permissions 0 ≤3.3.4

The Gutenberg Blocks – PublishPress Blocks plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'Marker Title' and 'Marker Description' parameters for the Maps block in versions up to, and including, 3.3.4 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.

Are you affected?

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  • vendor publishpress PublishPress Blocks – Block Controls, Block Visibility, Block Permissions 0 ≤3.3.40 ≤3.3.4

How to fix CVE-2025-8588

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-2025-8588. EPSS is 0.23%. Act only if a listed version of PublishPress Blocks – Block Controls, Block Visibility, Block Permissions is installed.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with publishpress PublishPress Blocks – Block Controls, Block Visibility, Block Permissions 0 ≤3.3.4 0 ≤3.3.4. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.

What should an analyst verify?

No weakness class is stored. EPSS 0.23%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Technology hubs

WordPress security

Code

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Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Oct 25, 2025 · EUVD

    Detected

    The Gutenberg Blocks – PublishPress Blocks plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'Marker Title' and 'Marker Description' parameters for the Maps block in versions up to, and including, 3.3.4 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with contributor-level access and above to inject arbitrary we

  2. Apr 8, 2026 · EUVD

    Updated

    The Gutenberg Blocks – PublishPress Blocks plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'Marker Title' and 'Marker Description' parameters for the Maps block in versions up to, and including, 3.3.4 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with contributor-level access and above to inject arbitrary we

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2025-8588

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2025-8588

    30-day exploitation probability 0.23%

    first.org
  • EUVDVulnerability recordEUVD-2025-35910

    The Gutenberg Blocks – PublishPress Blocks plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'Marker Title' and 'Marker Description' parameters for the Maps block in versions up to, and including, 3.3.4 due to insufficient input sanitization and output esc

    euvd.enisa.europa.eu

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 30, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.

  • FIRST EPSSOct 30, 2026
  • CVE.orgOct 24, 2026
  • EUVDOct 24, 2026