CVE

CVE-2023-6623

9.8

CVSScritical

Exploitable remotely over the internet · no authentication required.

Description

The Essential Blocks WordPress plugin before 4.4.3 does not prevent unauthenticated attackers from overwriting local variables when rendering templates over the REST API, which may lead to Local File Inclusion attacks.

Attack Vector

Network

Privileges Req.

None

User Interaction

None

essential blocks

Updated Nov 7, 2026View on NVD →

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CVE-2023-6623 scanner - Local File Inclusion (LFI) vulnerability in Essential Blocks plugin for WordPress

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