Otter Blocks < 3.2.8 - Contributor+ Stored XSS via Block Style Attributes
- Published
- Last modified
- Where the record stands: published, rejected by its publisher, or superseded by another id.What do these mean? →
- published
- Whether CISA lists it in its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog: proof that attackers are using it.What do these mean? →
- Not listed in CISA KEV
- Fix
- Fixed in 3.2.8
- Whether working attack code is public (Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei or GitHub). Public code makes attacks easier.What do these mean? →
- None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub
- Exploitation: none
- Automatable: no
- Technical impact: partial
Summary
The Otter Blocks plugin for WordPress is affected, specifically versions before 3.2.8. An attacker with contributor-level or higher access can embed malicious scripts that run in the browser of any visitor, including administrators, when they view the affected post.
Summarized by anthropic/claude-haiku-5.5. Verify details against the original sources.
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The Otter Blocks WordPress plugin before 3.2.8 does not properly sanitize and escape user-supplied block styling values before writing them into an inline stylesheet, allowing users with contributor-level access and above to inject arbitrary web scripts that execute when any visitor, including administrators, views the affected post.
Timeline
- CVE published
- First seen by cve.now
- CISA SSVC assessment
Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
- Record last updated
Affected versions
- Unknown Otter Blocks
fixed in 3.2.8