Gutenberg Essential Blocks – Page Builder for Gutenberg Blocks & Patterns: Server-side request forgery
Gutenberg Essential Blocks – Page Builder for Gutenberg Blocks & Patterns is affected by server-side request forgery. Exploitation requires at least author-level access. The vulnerable server can be induced to make attacker-selected network requests. The published affected range is <= 6.1.3.
- Component
- Gutenberg Essential Blocks – Page Builder for Gutenberg Blocks & Patterns
- Plugin slug
essential-blocks- Affected
- <= 6.1.3
- Safe version
> 6.1.3- Published
- Jun 05, 2026
This CVE was published Jun 05, 2026 and is one of 31 known issues for this plugin.
Update, patch or deactivate.
Update Gutenberg Essential Blocks – Page Builder for Gutenberg Blocks & Patterns to a release after 6.1.3, or disable and remove it until a fixed version is available.
A safe version is available, so updating to that version or later is the preferred remediation. If an immediate update is not practical, consider a targeted application patch or temporarily restricting the affected functionality.
Deactivate only when warranted by your risk profile, or when advised by your hosting provider in the limited circumstances where the vulnerability cannot otherwise be mitigated. If you’re unsure which action is appropriate, contact Fused or your hosting provider for guidance.
Technical description
The Gutenberg Essential Blocks – Page Builder for Gutenberg Blocks & Patterns plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Server-Side Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 6.1.3 via the `save_ai_generated_image()` function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Author-level access and above, to make web requests to arbitrary locations originating from the web application and can be used to query and modify information from internal services.
CVE / CNA vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N