Rise BlocksWordPress extension · Eaglevisionit
CVE-2023-51378
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedCross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in Rise Themes Rise Blocks – A Complete Gutenberg Page Builder.This issue affects Rise Blocks – A Complete Gutenberg Page Builder: from n/a through 3.1.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · moderate confidenceCross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the Rise Blocks WordPress plugin (versions up to 3.1) allows remote attackers to trick authenticated administrators into performing unintended actions by exploiting the lack of anti-CSRF token validation on sensitive operations.
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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data
Rise BlocksWordPress extension
<= 3.1CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Confirm Rise Blocks plugin is installedCheck WordPress plugins directory for rise-blocks folder: look in /wp-content/plugins/ for a folder named 'rise-blocks' or use WP-CLI command 'wp plugin list --status=active' to list active pluginsAffected if The plugin folder exists in wp-content/plugins/ and the plugin is activated
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Identify installed version numberRead the plugin header from the main PHP file (typically rise-blocks.php) in /wp-content/plugins/rise-blocks/ to find the 'Version:' field, or run 'wp plugin get rise-blocks --field=version'Affected if The version returned is 3.1 or lower (any version up to and including 3.1)
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Inspect code for missing nonce verificationExamine PHP files in the plugin directory for sensitive action handlers (POST/GET requests that modify data) and verify if wp_verify_nonce or check_admin_referer is called before processing state-changing operationsAffected if Sensitive actions (settings changes, content saves, user modifications) lack nonce verification logic
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Verify admin action endpoints lack origin validationCheck if the plugin's admin action handlers validate HTTP Origin or Referer headers to confirm requests originate from the legitimate siteAffected if Admin endpoints do not validate Origin/Referer headers and rely solely on authentication
Your environment is affected if the Rise Blocks plugin is active at version 3.1 or lower, since the vulnerability exists in all unauthenticated state-changing operations lacking anti-CSRF token validation.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataImplement WordPress nonces (anti-CSRF tokens) on all state-changing actions and verify Origin/Referer headers to ensure requests originate from legitimate sources.
Fix this in Rise Blocks
Scoped from the published advisory
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- Implementation6.0 h
- Testing3.0 h
- Review / QA2.0 h
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2023-51378 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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