Vulnerabilities and security researches forgenesis-blocks genesis-blocks

Jun 07, 2024

CVE, Research URL: CVE-2024-2761
Home page URL: Security reports for Genesis Blocks
Application: Genesis Blocks
Date: Apr 19, 2024
Research Description: The Genesis Blocks WordPress plugin before 3.1.3 does not properly escape data input provided to some of its blocks, allowing using with at least contributor privileges to conduct Stored XSS attacks.
Affected versions: Min -, max -.
Status: vulnerable

CVE, Research URL: CVE-2024-1946
Home page URL: Security reports for Genesis Blocks
Application: Genesis Blocks
Date: Apr 02, 2024
Research Description: The Genesis Blocks plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the block content in all versions up to, and including, 3.1.2 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
Affected versions: Min -, max -.
Status: vulnerable

Jul 10, 2024

CVE, Research URL: CVE-2024-3563
Home page URL: Security reports for Genesis Blocks
Application: Genesis Blocks
Date: Jul 09, 2024
Research Description: The Genesis Blocks plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's Sharing block in all versions up to, and including, 3.1.3 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. 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.
Affected versions: Min -, max -.
Status: vulnerable

May 19, 2025

CVE, Research URL: CVE-2024-3901
Home page URL: Security reports for Genesis Blocks
Application: Genesis Blocks
Date: May 16, 2025
Research Description: The Genesis Blocks WordPress plugin through 3.1.3 does not properly escape attributes provided to some of its custom blocks, making it possible for users allowed to write posts (like those with the contributor role) to conduct Stored XSS attacks.
Affected versions: Min -, max -.
Status: vulnerable