Reported vulnerability
GenerateBlocks <= 2.1.2 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Information Exposure via Metadata
Published 12 Dec 2025
Updated 13 Dec 2025
CVE-2025-12512
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Wordfence advisory
medium · CVSS 4.3The GenerateBlocks plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to information exposure due to missing object-level authorization checks in versions up to, and including, 2.1.2. This is due to the plugin registering multiple REST API routes under `generateblocks/v1/meta/` that gate access with `current_user_can('edit_posts')`, which is granted to low-privileged roles such as Contributor. The handlers accept arbitrary entity IDs (user IDs, post IDs, etc.) and meta keys, returning any requested metadata with only a short blacklist of password-like keys for protection. There is no object-level authorization ensuring the caller is requesting only their own data, and there is no allowlist of safe keys. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to exfiltrate personally identifiable information (PII) and other sensitive profile data of administrator accounts or any other users by directly querying user meta keys via the exposed endpoints via the `get_user_meta_rest` function. In typical WordPress + WooCommerce setups, this includes names, email, phone, and address fields that WooCommerce stores in user meta, enabling targeted phishing, account takeover pretexting, and privacy breaches.
Severity vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
GenerateBlocks
- Software
- plugin · generateblocks
- Affected versions
- Start version unspecified, through 2.1.2
- Fix availability
- Fix available
- Fixed versions
- 2.2.0
Recommended action
Update to version 2.2.0, or a newer patched version
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Which versions of GenerateBlocks are affected?
Wordfence lists these affected versions: Start version unspecified, through 2.1.2. Use the version checker above to compare your installed release with this report.
Is a fix available for GenerateBlocks?
Wordfence reports a fix for this issue in GenerateBlocks. It lists these fixed versions: 2.2.0. Back up your website and test the recommended update before applying it to your live site.
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Other reports for the same product
These reports cover at least one of the same plugins, themes or WordPress core. Check each report’s affected versions separately.
- GenerateBlocks <= 2.3.0 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Dynamic Tag Injection in HTML AttributesUpdated 1 Aug 2026
- GenerateBlocks <= 2.2.1 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Headline Block 'linkMetaFieldType' Dynamic Link AttributeUpdated 3 Jul 2026
- GenerateBlocks <= 2.1.0 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Information DisclosureUpdated 2 Jun 2026
- GenerateBlocks <= 2.2.0 - Insecure Direct Object Reference to Authenticated (Contributor+) Sensitive Information Exposure via Dynamic Tag ReplacementsUpdated 5 May 2026
- GenerateBlocks <= 2.1.1 - Improper Authorization to Authenticated (Contributor+) Arbitrary Options DisclosureUpdated 25 Oct 2025