Cross-site scripting in edge22 GenerateBlocks
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Cross-site scripting
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · Low · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-79.
Summary
The GenerateBlocks plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Headline Block 'linkMetaFieldType' Dynamic Link Attribute in all versions up to, and including, 2.2.1 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. A contributor-level attacker can store a JavaScript payload in their own profile description (allowlisted by get_safe_user_meta_keys()) and prepend 'javascript:' via the linkMetaFieldType attribute, creating a fully attacker-controlled href that executes when any user, including an administrator, clicks the rendered headline link.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-9756
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-735g-4w2p-c7c6
References
Other 8
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/aac15273-0a5d-4107-8249-7fff7f503005?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/generateblocks/tags/2.2.1/includes/blocks/class-headline.php#L809
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/generateblocks/tags/2.2.1/includes/class-dynamic-content.php#L816
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/generateblocks/tags/2.2.1/includes/class-dynamic-tag-security.php#L582
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/generateblocks/tags/2.2.0/includes/blocks/class-headline.php#L809
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/generateblocks/tags/2.2.0/includes/class-dynamic-content.php#L816
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/generateblocks/tags/2.2.0/includes/class-dynamic-tag-security.php#L582
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3582036%40generateblocks&new=3582036%40generateblocks&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
More edge22 vulnerabilities
- TI-2024-01381 WP Show Posts <= 1.1.4 - Information Exposure CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.3
- TI-2026-02975 Authorization bypass in edge22 GenerateBlocks CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
- TI-2026-11388 Cross-site scripting in edge22 GenerateBlocks CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.4
- TI-2025-10890 GenerateBlocks <= 2.1.1 - Improper Authorization to Authenticated (Contributor+) Arbitrary Options Disclosure CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
- TI-2023-06219 GeneratePress Premium <= 2.3.2 - Authenticated(Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Custom Meta CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.4
- TI-2024-03234 GP Premium <= 2.4.0 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.1
Sources
- CVE-2026-9756 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-9756 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-735g-4w2p-c7c6 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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