Reported vulnerability

Gutenify - Visual Site Builder Blocks & Site Templates <= 1.5.9 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Count Up block

Q: Which versions of Gutenify – Visual Site Builder Blocks & Starter Templates are affected?

Wordfence lists these affected versions: Start version unspecified, through 1.5.9. Use the version checker above to compare your installed release with this report.

Q: Is a fix available for Gutenify – Visual Site Builder Blocks & Starter Templates?

Wordfence does not report a fix for this issue in Gutenify – Visual Site Builder Blocks & Starter Templates. Read the source report and ask the developer or your website support team what action to take.

Q: Where can I find my installed plugin version?

In WordPress, open Plugins > Installed Plugins and find the version shown beneath the plugin name.

Published 17 Nov 2025

Updated 18 Nov 2025

CVE-2025-8605

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Wordfence advisory

medium · CVSS 6.4

The Gutenify – Visual Site Builder Blocks & Site Templates. plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's block attributes in all versions up to, and including, 1.5.9 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. 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.

Severity vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Gutenify – Visual Site Builder Blocks & Starter Templates

Software: plugin · gutenify
Affected versions: Start version unspecified, through 1.5.9
Fix availability: No fix reported
Fixed versions: No fixed version specified

Recommended action

No known patch available. Please review the vulnerability's details in depth and employ mitigations based on your organization's risk tolerance. It may be best to uninstall the affected software and find a replacement.

Further references (1)

wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/853b86ca-0231-4b1c-b1d2-b8c23dbdc3c5?source=api-prod

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Questions about this vulnerability

Which versions of Gutenify – Visual Site Builder Blocks & Starter Templates are affected?

Wordfence lists these affected versions: Start version unspecified, through 1.5.9. Use the version checker above to compare your installed release with this report.

Is a fix available for Gutenify – Visual Site Builder Blocks & Starter Templates?

Wordfence does not report a fix for this issue in Gutenify – Visual Site Builder Blocks & Starter Templates. Read the source report and ask the developer or your website support team what action to take.

Where can I find my installed plugin version?

In WordPress, open Plugins > Installed Plugins and find the version shown beneath the plugin name.

Does an affected version mean my website has been hacked?

An affected version means the installed release matches a vulnerability described in this report. It does not show whether anyone has exploited it on your website. The checker compares version numbers with stored reports; it does not inspect your website.

These reports cover at least one of the same plugins, themes or WordPress core. Check each report’s affected versions separately.

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