Vulnerability · Published Oct 25, 2025 · Assigned by Wordfence
CVE-2025-8588Gutenberg Blocks – PublishPress Blocks Controls, Visibility, Reusable Blocks <= 3.3.4 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
Medium 6.4
In plain English
A medium-severity cross-site scripting in PublishPress Blocks – Block Controls, Block Visibility, Block Permissions from publishpress. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 14% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
The Gutenberg Blocks – PublishPress Blocks plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'Marker Title' and 'Marker Description' parameters for the Maps block in versions up to, and including, 3.3.4 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. 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 products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| publishpress | PublishPress Blocks – Block Controls, Block Visibility, Block Permissions | 0 – through 3.3.4 |
Weakness: CWE-79 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N