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CVE-2023-4386

23
FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-4386 describes a PHP Object Injection vulnerability in the Essential Blocks plugin for WordPress, affecting versions up to and including 4.2.0. This flaw allows unauthenticated attackers to inject PHP Objects through untrusted input deserialization in the get_posts function. While the plugin itself lacks a POP chain, if another plugin or theme provides one, attackers could achieve arbitrary file deletion, sensitive data retrieval, or code execution. Rated with a CVSS score of 8.1 (HIGH), this vulnerability has a high attack complexity but significant potential impact. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 4.2.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:wpdeveloper:essential_blocks:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

8.1HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.2
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.77%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
51.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0077 is in the 20th percentile among its peer group of 8,915 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

plugins.trac.wordpress.org / browser/essential-blocks/trunk/includes/API/PostBlock.php
Product
wordfence.com / threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/af468f83-d6ad-474c-bf7f-c4eeb6df1b54
Third Party Advisory