Vulnerabilities

Vulnerability · CVE-2026-4658

The Essential Blocks – Page Builder Gutenberg Blocks, Patterns & Templates plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the className, classHo…

Published May 2, 2026 · catalog updated Jun 17, 2026 · the affected product

Check if you run it

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2026-4658. EPSS is 0.42%. Act only if a listed version of the affected product is installed.

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  • 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
0.42%
Remediation
Version ranges on file
Affected products
stated named in the record

The Essential Blocks – Page Builder Gutenberg Blocks, Patterns & Templates plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the className, classHook, and blockId attributes in the Add to Cart block (essential-blocks/add-to-cart) in all versions up to, and including, 6.0.4. This is due to insufficient output escaping in the render_callback() function where these attributes are placed into class and data-id HTML attributes using raw sprintf() and implode() without esc_attr() escaping. While the outer wrapper div uses get_block_wrapper_attributes() which properly escapes, the inner divs do not. 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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  • stated named in the record<= 6.0.4

How to fix CVE-2026-4658

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-2026-4658. EPSS is 0.42%. Act only if a listed version of the affected product is installed.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with named in the record <= 6.0.4. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.

What should an analyst verify?

CWE-79: Cross-site Scripting (XSS). EPSS 0.42%. 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 2, 2026 · NIST NVD

    Detected

    The Essential Blocks – Page Builder Gutenberg Blocks, Patterns & Templates plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the className, classHook, and blockId attributes in the Add to Cart block (essential-blocks/add-to-cart) in all versions up to, and including, 6.0.4. This is due to insufficient output escaping in the render_callback() function where these attributes are

  2. Jun 17, 2026 · NIST NVD

    Updated

    The Essential Blocks – Page Builder Gutenberg Blocks, Patterns & Templates plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the className, classHook, and blockId attributes in the Add to Cart block (essential-blocks/add-to-cart) in all versions up to, and including, 6.0.4. This is due to insufficient output escaping in the render_callback() function where these attributes are

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2026-4658

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2026-4658

    30-day exploitation probability 0.4%

    first.org
  • NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2026-4658

    The Essential Blocks – Page Builder Gutenberg Blocks, Patterns & Templates plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the className, classHook, and blockId attributes in the Add to Cart block (essential-blocks/add-to-cart) in all versions up to, and inc

    nvd.nist.gov

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.