Kadence WP Gutenberg Blocks Stored Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

A stored cross-site scripting vulnerability has been identified in the Gutenberg Blocks with AI by Kadence WP – Page Builder Features plugin for WordPress. This issue affects all versions through 3.4.9 and arises from inadequate input sanitization and output escaping. The vulnerability allows authenticated attackers with Contributor-level access and above to inject arbitrary web scripts into pages, which are executed when users access the affected pages.

Impact

Exploitation of this vulnerability allows for stored cross-site scripting, where injected scripts are executed in the context of the user viewing the page.

Remediation

Users are advised to update the plugin to version 3.4.10 or a newer patched version.