CVE-2026-96256
The Gutenberg Essential Blocks – Page Builder for Gutenberg Blocks & Patterns plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the Google Map block's 'marker' attribute in versions up to, and including, 6.4.5 This is due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on marker title/content values, which are stored as JSON and then decoded and concatenated directly into raw HTML by the frontend script's InfoWindow content builder. 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.
Published:Oct 1, 2026
Last Modified:Oct 3, 2026
EPS:Oct 1, 2026
EPSS Score:0.00292
CVSS Score:6.4
Affected Products
Vendor
Product
Action
Vendor
Wordpress-extensions
Product
Gutenberg Essential Blocks
Wordpress-extensions
Gutenberg Essential Blocks
Vendor
Wpdevteam
Product
Gutenberg Essential Blocks
Wpdevteam
Gutenberg Essential Blocks
Exploits
No exploit reference
Common Weakness Enumeration
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
References
Common Vulnerability Scoring System
Attack Vector
Network
Adjacent
Local
Physical
Privileges Required
None
Low
High
User Interaction
None
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Changed
Confidentiality
None
Low
High
Integrity
None
Low
High
Availability
None
Low
High
