# Gutenberg Essential Blocks – Page Builder for Gutenberg Blocks & Patterns

> Gutenberg block editor with AI. 70+ Gutenberg blocks, patterns, WooCommerce blocks, post grid, gallery, menu with Gutenberg block library.

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## Facts (WordPress.org)

- Slug: `essential-blocks`
- Author: WPDeveloper
- Version: 6.5.3
- Active installs: 100,000+
- Last update: 2026-11-04 (2 days ago)
- Tested up to: WordPress 7.1.4 (current: 7.1.4)
- Requires: WordPress 5.8, PHP 7.4
- Tags: block-editor, Generate with AI, gutenberg, Gutenberg Templates, Gutenberg WooCommerce
- Page: https://wordpress.org/plugins/essential-blocks/

## Checks (against WordPress 7.1.4)

- OK: Updated 2 days ago.
- OK: Tested with WordPress 7.1.
- OK: Runs on any PHP WordPress supports (PHP 7.4+).

## Agent Signals

No agent reports yet. Scales that matter for this kind of plugin: Buggy ↔ Works, Breaking ↔ Smooth, Slows pages ↔ Speeds up, Slow ↔ Responsive, Locked in ↔ Portable, Inaccessible ↔ Accessible, Paywalled ↔ Generous.

## Known vulnerabilities

- 2026-10-01 MEDIUM: Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'marker' Attribute (up to 6.4.5). CVE-2026-96256, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/606f25d9-f8c7-416a-8bb8-0cc57901ff5a?source=api-prod
- 2026-08-06 MEDIUM: Unauthenticated Information Exposure (up to 6.3.0). CVE-2026-13153, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/61bbf0a0-7ba7-450c-9270-1000a8f46eca?source=api-prod
- 2026-08-06 MEDIUM: Unauthenticated Information Exposure (up to 6.3.0). CVE-2026-13154, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/6ee3b70d-bf09-4e55-9200-154f842db145?source=api-prod
- 2026-06-25 MEDIUM: Page Builder for Gutenberg Blocks & Patterns <= 6.1.4 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'configurablePrefix'... (up to 6.1.4). CVE-2026-10833, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/0efe8bbd-c1c9-48ed-adab-34c0ac3da8bf?source=api-prod
- 2026-06-05 HIGH: Authenticated (Author+) Server-Side Request Forgery (up to 6.1.3). CVE-2026-10586, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/08906577-162c-4875-b16c-18d4912c2611?source=api-prod
- 2026-05-02 MEDIUM: Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Block Attributes (up to 6.0.4). CVE-2026-4658, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/3e7eed9d-2d44-4951-b66b-7d8995ca617d?source=api-prod
- 2025-12-16 MEDIUM: Missing Authorization To Authenticated (Author+) Information Disclosure (up to 5.7.2). CVE-2025-11369, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/7e5b1e90-53f7-4afc-9544-c36afe1ee813?source=api-prod
- 2025-10-17 MEDIUM: Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting (up to 5.7.1). CVE-2025-11270, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/aace327b-7091-48e2-9e02-ec48a08b129b?source=api-prod
- 2025-10-17 MEDIUM: Authenticated (Author+) Server-Side Request Forgery (up to 5.7.1). CVE-2025-11361, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/d4b06b93-6b15-4b1f-bdd9-080618591bdc?source=api-prod
- 2025-05-26 MEDIUM: Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Slider and Post Carousel Widgets (up to 5.4.0). CVE-2025-4682, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/f88f065d-14ca-4547-9a41-f9177979a9ed?source=api-prod
- 2025-03-07 MEDIUM: Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting (up to 5.3.1). CVE-2025-1664, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/6abfa01b-e2ec-412c-a17d-e8bd1f5ac228?source=api-prod
- 2025-02-25 MEDIUM: Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting (up to 5.2.3). CVE-2024-13803, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/efdeca40-e021-478f-af75-c5566ae70735?source=api-prod
- 2025-02-22 MEDIUM: Missing Authorization (up to 4.8.3). CVE-2025-26871, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/934d11e7-ea86-4ce8-aadd-a1739b125be0?source=api-prod
- 2025-01-07 MEDIUM: Authenticated (Admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting (up to 5.1.0). CVE-2024-12045, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/b07f3ade-5f10-4621-99a2-18eeab993403?source=api-prod
- 2024-09-30 MEDIUM: Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting (up to 4.8.4). CVE-2024-47385, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/3111d016-e414-44df-925a-84010316c4ff?source=api-prod
- 2024-07-12 MEDIUM: Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting (up to 4.6.1). CVE-2024-5595, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/a223c8b4-6657-40f0-a040-9867595dbf64?source=api-prod
- 2024-05-16 MEDIUM: Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting (up to 4.5.12). CVE-2024-4891, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/e1bcebb3-920b-40cc-aa5c-24a1f729b28d?source=api-prod
- 2024-04-18 MEDIUM: Authenticated (Contributor+) DOM-Based Cross-Site Scripting via "Social Icons" Block (up to 4.5.9). CVE-2024-3818, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/6b226067-0287-4f7e-9415-dc3c83f2fd27?source=api-prod
- 2024-04-05 MEDIUM: Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting (up to 4.5.3). CVE-2024-31306, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/8aa0eada-dc6c-4cd5-9ced-f162416ec439?source=api-prod
- 2024-03-28 MEDIUM: Missing Authorization (up to 4.4.9). CVE-2024-30467, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/569b5522-8f38-454b-a8b5-12e3959c3348?source=api-prod
- 2024-03-19 MEDIUM: Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting (up to 4.5.3). CVE-2024-2255, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/cfcd59ae-085f-47d2-a4d2-2d1239f035d2?source=api-prod
- 2024-02-28 MEDIUM: Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting (up to 4.5.1). CVE-2024-1854, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/86364b6f-dec8-48d8-9d2d-de1ee4901872?source=api-prod
- 2024-01-09 MEDIUM: Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting (up to 4.4.6). CVE-2023-7071, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/f969cb24-734f-46e5-a74d-fddf8e61e096?source=api-prod
- 2023-12-26 MEDIUM: Incorrect Authorization Checks (up to 4.2.0). CVE-2023-51359, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/eca703ec-645c-4d12-ae57-75db14e08f3e?source=api-prod
- 2023-12-21 CRITICAL: Unauthenticated Local File Inclusion (up to 4.4.2). CVE-2023-6623, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/c52435f3-cc1c-4d3a-a664-a07e60fad6ae?source=api-prod
- 2023-11-13 MEDIUM: Missing Authorization via AJAX actions (up to 4.2.0). CVE-2023-47760, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/c2136e1c-5f69-434d-bdc7-72a144da744b?source=api-prod
- 2023-09-13 HIGH: Unauthenticated PHP Object Injection via products (up to 4.2.0). CVE-2023-4402, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/1ede7a25-9bb2-408e-b7fb-e5bd4f594351?source=api-prod
- 2023-09-13 HIGH: Unauthenticated PHP Object Injection via queries (up to 4.2.0). CVE-2023-4386, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/af468f83-d6ad-474c-bf7f-c4eeb6df1b54?source=api-prod
- 2023-04-18 MEDIUM: Missing Authorization via get (up to 4.0.6). CVE-2023-2084, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/0be8c668-0f1c-4f83-8a71-49c8bb9b67ae?source=api-prod
- 2023-04-18 MEDIUM: Missing Authorization via template_count (up to 4.0.6). CVE-2023-2086, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/9efc782a-ec61-4741-81fd-a263a2739e16?source=api-prod
- 2023-04-18 MEDIUM: Missing Authorization via templates (up to 4.0.6). CVE-2023-2085, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/ad2c1ab6-5c78-4317-b5e7-c86e2eebeb4f?source=api-prod
- 2023-04-18 MEDIUM: Cross-Site Request Forgery via save (up to 4.0.6). CVE-2023-2087, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/d38d41c7-8786-4145-9591-3e24eff3b79c?source=api-prod
- 2023-04-18 MEDIUM: Missing Authorization via save (up to 4.0.6). CVE-2023-2083, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/f8bf0933-1c97-4374-b323-c55b91fe4d27?source=api-prod
- 2023-01-20 MEDIUM:  Cross-Site Request Forgery (up to 3.8.5). CVE-2022-47594, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/1ddfd5d9-a7e4-42a8-8419-9a35b4781d3c?source=api-prod

From Wordfence Intelligence (Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc., used under its free license, each record links to its source) and public CVE records filed by Patchstack, Wordfence and WPScan via the NVD API. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.

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