# CVE-2026-12904: Kadence Blocks \<= 3.7.7 - Insecure Direct Object Reference to Authenticated (Contributor+) Arbitrary Optimizer Data Deletion/Read/Modification via 'post\_path' Parameter

- Severity: CVSS 4.3 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-07-01 · Updated: 2026-07-01

## Affected

- stellarwp Kadence Blocks — Page Builder Toolkit for Gutenberg Editor: through 3.7.7

## Description

The Kadence Blocks – Gutenberg Blocks for Page Builder Features plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Insecure Direct Object Reference in versions up to and including 3.7.7. This is due to a mismatch between the object used for authorization and the object actually accessed in the Optimize_Rest_Controller's create_item(), get_item(), delete_item(), and bulk_delete_items() endpoints — authorization is checked via current_user_can('edit_post'/'delete_post', $post_id) against the user-supplied post_id, while the storage layer keys analysis records on sha256($post_path) from a separately supplied, attacker-controlled post_path parameter, with no enforcement that post_path corresponds to post_id. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to read or delete optimizer analysis records belonging to posts owned by other users by submitting their own post_id (which passes the capability check) together with the victim post's path.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on stellarwp Kadence Blocks — Page Builder Toolkit for Gutenberg Editor, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## References

- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/24cdd50f-742c-457c-85f7-9cccaf366e87?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/kadence-blocks/tags/3.7.6/includes/resources/Optimizer/Rest/Optimize_Rest_Controller.php#L232
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/kadence-blocks/tags/3.7.6/includes/resources/Optimizer/Rest/Optimize_Rest_Controller.php#L458
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/kadence-blocks/tags/3.7.6/includes/resources/Optimizer/Rest/Optimize_Rest_Controller.php#L197
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/kadence-blocks/tags/3.7.6/includes/resources/Optimizer/Rest/Optimize_Rest_Controller.php#L420
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/kadence-blocks/tags/3.7.6/includes/resources/Optimizer/Rest/Optimize_Rest_Controller.php#L153
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/kadence-blocks/tags/3.7.6/includes/resources/Optimizer/Rest/Optimize_Rest_Controller.php#L383
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/kadence-blocks/tags/3.7.6/includes/resources/Optimizer/Rest/Optimize_Rest_Controller.php#L339
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/kadence-blocks/tags/3.7.6/includes/resources/Optimizer/Store/Table_Store.php#L96
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/kadence-blocks/tags/3.7.6/includes/resources/Optimizer/Path/Path.php#L60
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/kadence-blocks/tags/3.6.7/includes/resources/Optimizer/Rest/Optimize_Rest_Controller.php#L232
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/kadence-blocks/tags/3.6.7/includes/resources/Optimizer/Rest/Optimize_Rest_Controller.php#L458
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/kadence-blocks/tags/3.6.7/includes/resources/Optimizer/Rest/Optimize_Rest_Controller.php#L197
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/kadence-blocks/tags/3.6.7/includes/resources/Optimizer/Rest/Optimize_Rest_Controller.php#L420
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/kadence-blocks/tags/3.6.7/includes/resources/Optimizer/Rest/Optimize_Rest_Controller.php#L153
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/kadence-blocks/tags/3.6.7/includes/resources/Optimizer/Rest/Optimize_Rest_Controller.php#L383
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/kadence-blocks/tags/3.6.7/includes/resources/Optimizer/Rest/Optimize_Rest_Controller.php#L339
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/kadence-blocks/tags/3.6.7/includes/resources/Optimizer/Store/Table_Store.php#L96
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/kadence-blocks/tags/3.6.7/includes/resources/Optimizer/Path/Path.php#L60
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3590217%40kadence-blocks&new=3590217%40kadence-blocks&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=

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