CVE-2025-47601
WordPress MaxiBlocks plugin <= 2.1.0 - Arbitrary Option Update to Privilege Escalation vulnerability
Missing Authorization vulnerability in Christiaan Pieterse MaxiBlocks maxi-blocks allows Privilege Escalation.This issue affects MaxiBlocks: from n/a through <= 2.1.0.
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
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
8.8
WordPress MaxiBlocks plugin <= 2.1.0 - Arbitrary Option Update to Privilege Escalation vulnerability
Missing Authorization vulnerability in Christiaan Pieterse MaxiBlocks maxi-blocks allows Privilege Escalation.This issue affects MaxiBlocks: from n/a through <= 2.1.0.
- Record
CVE-2025-47601- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-862
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2025-17369
8.8
Missing Authorization vulnerability in Christiaan Pieterse MaxiBlocks maxi-blocks allows Privilege Escalation.This issue affects MaxiBlocks: from n/a through <= 2.1.0.
- Record
EUVD-2025-17369- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-fvwj-582j-236v
8.8
Missing Authorization vulnerability in Christiaan Pieterse MaxiBlocks allows Privilege Escalation...
Missing Authorization vulnerability in Christiaan Pieterse MaxiBlocks allows Privilege Escalation.This issue affects MaxiBlocks: from n/a through 2.1.0.
- Record
GHSA-fvwj-582j-236v- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-862
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
8.8
Missing Authorization vulnerability in Christiaan Pieterse MaxiBlocks maxi-blocks allows Privilege Escalation.This issue affects MaxiBlocks: from n/a through <= 2.1.0.
- Record
CVE-2025-47601- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-862
- 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-2025-47601 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.8) in Christiaan Pieterse Maxiblocks, published June 7, 2025. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.34%, the 27th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/maxi-blocks/vulnerability/wordpress-maxiblocks-plugin-2-1-0-arbitrary-option-update-to-privilege-escalation-vulnerability?_s_id=cve
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-47601
patchstack.com/database/wordpress/plugin/maxi-blocks/vulnerability/wordpress-maxiblocks-plugin-2-1-0-arbitrary-option-update-to-privilege-escalation-vulnerability?_s_id=cve
github.com/advisories/GHSA-fvwj-582j-236v