CVE-2024-1999
Gutenberg Blocks by Kadence Blocks – Page Builder Features <= 3.2.25 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Testimonial Widget
The Gutenberg Blocks by Kadence Blocks – Page Builder Features plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the Testimonial Widget's anchor style parameter in all versions up to, and including, 3.2.25 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor access or higher, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Gutenberg Blocks by Kadence Blocks – Page Builder Features <= 3.2.25 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Testimonial Widget
The Gutenberg Blocks by Kadence Blocks – Page Builder Features plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the Testimonial Widget's anchor style parameter in all versions up to, and including, 3.2.25 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor access or higher, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
- Record
CVE-2024-1999- CVSS 3.1
- 6.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2024-17715
The Gutenberg Blocks by Kadence Blocks – Page Builder Features plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the Testimonial Widget's anchor style parameter in all versions up to, and including, 3.2.25 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor access or higher, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
- Record
EUVD-2024-17715- CVSS 3.1
- 6.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-j9xw-m2f5-m3r5
The Gutenberg Blocks by Kadence Blocks – Page Builder Features plugin for WordPress is vulnerable...
The Gutenberg Blocks by Kadence Blocks – Page Builder Features plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the Testimonial Widget's anchor style parameter in all versions up to, and including, 3.2.25 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor access or higher, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
- Record
GHSA-j9xw-m2f5-m3r5- CVSS 3.1
- 6.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
The Gutenberg Blocks by Kadence Blocks – Page Builder Features plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the Testimonial Widget's anchor style parameter in all versions up to, and including, 3.2.25 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor access or higher, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
- Record
CVE-2024-1999- CVSS 3.1
- 6.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - CVSS 3.1
- 5.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2024-1999 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.4) in Kadencewp Gutenberg Blocks With Ai, published April 9, 2024. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.53%, the 45th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/b5fd4dbe-6f44-45ef-9d49-4bc624fdcc57?source=cve
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/kadence-blocks/tags/3.2.25/includes/blocks/class-kadence-blocks-testimonial-block.php
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-1999
github.com/advisories/GHSA-j9xw-m2f5-m3r5