CVE-2025-11361
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 · uneditedThe Gutenberg Essential Blocks – Page Builder for Gutenberg Blocks & Patterns plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Server-Side Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 5.7.1 via the eb_save_ai_generated_image function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Author-level access and above, to make web requests to arbitrary locations originating from the web application and can be used to query and modify information from internal services.
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 · high confidenceThe Gutenberg Essential Blocks WordPress plugin versions up to 5.7.1 contain an SSRF vulnerability in the eb_save_ai_generated_image function. Authenticated attackers with Author-level permissions can abuse this function to make arbitrary server-side HTTP requests, potentially reaching internal services, querying intranet resources, or exfiltrating data from internal network endpoints.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
CVSS 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
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Changed
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
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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Verify Essential Blocks plugin is installedIn WordPress admin, go to Plugins > Installed Plugins and look for 'Essential Blocks' or check the plugins directory via file system for /wp-content/plugins/essential-blocks/Affected if The plugin is present in the WordPress installation
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Check installed plugin versionIn WordPress admin_plugins list, view the plugin details to see the version number, or read the main plugin file (e.g., essential-blocks.php) and locate the 'Version' header in the plugin commentsAffected if Version is 5.7.1 or lower (any version up to and including 5.7.1)
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Confirm the vulnerable function existsSearch the plugin files for the string 'eb_save_ai_generated_image' using grep or a file search in the plugin directoryAffected if The function eb_save_ai_generated_image exists in the plugin code
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Identify users with Author role or higherIn WordPress admin, go to Users > All Users and review the Role column for accounts with 'Author' role or higher privilegesAffected if There are one or more users assigned the Author role or higher who can access the vulnerable function
A user is affected if the Essential Blocks plugin version 5.7.1 or lower is installed AND at least one user with Author-level permissions exists in the WordPress site.
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 dataUpdate the plugin to the latest version beyond 5.7.1 when available, or disable the plugin until a patch is released. If immediate patching is not possible, restrict or audit user capabilities for the Author role.
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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-2025-11361 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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