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CVE-2026-110018EUVD-2026-109265GHSA-J3RC-5XC4-8HJG

aBlocks <= 2.17.0 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Privilege Escalation to 'roleSlug' Block Attribute

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  • Exploitation: none
  • Automatable: no
  • Technical impact: total

Summary

The aBlocks WordPress plugin (all versions up to and including 2.17.0) contains a flaw that lets logged-in users with Contributor-level access or higher raise their own account to a more powerful role, such as Editor, and gain a fully authenticated session at that elevated level. This could allow an attacker to access and perform actions that are restricted to their original, lower-privileged role.

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The aBlocks – Gutenberg Blocks, User Dashboard Builder, Popup Builder, Form Builder & Animation Builder plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation in all versions up to, and including, 2.17.0 via the `/ablocks/v1/form-builder/registration` REST endpoint. The vulnerability exists because the endpoint is registered with `permission_callback => __return_true` and the `register()` handler reads `roleSlug` directly from attacker-controlled block attributes in `post_content` without ever verifying that the block's `formType` is `registration` — a condition that `RegistrationFormSanitizer::verify()` imposes only at save-time, meaning a Contributor can preserve an arbitrary `roleSlug` by saving a block with `formType='login'` and then triggering the endpoint via a valid `wp_rest` nonce and post-ownership check. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to escalate their WordPress role to Editor or any other non-administrator role and receive a fully authenticated session at the elevated privilege level via `WP_User::set_role()` and `wp_set_auth_cookie()`. Escalation is bounded below administrator-tier roles because `is_safe_registration_role()` rejects any role holding `manage_options`, `edit_users`, `delete_users`, `create_users`, `promote_users`, or `edit_theme_options`, meaning the highest practically reachable role on a standard WordPress installation is Editor.

Timeline

  1. CVE published
  2. First seen by cve.now
  3. CISA SSVC assessment

    Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total

  4. Record last updated

Affected versions

  • kodezen aBlocks – Gutenberg Blocks, User Dashboard Builder, Popup Builder, Form Builder & Animation Builder

    through 2.17.0

References 7

wordfence.com

plugins.trac.wordpress.org