BlockArt Blocks Plugin up to 2.2.13 on WordPress timestamp cross site scripting

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A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in BlockArt Blocks Plugin up to 2.2.13 on WordPress. Impacted is an unknown function. Performing a manipulation of the argument timestamp results in cross site scripting. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2025-13697. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available.

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A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in BlockArt Blocks Plugin up to 2.2.13 on WordPress. This affects an unknown code. The manipulation of the argument timestamp with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-79. The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. This is going to have an impact on integrity. The summary by CVE is:

The BlockArt Blocks – Gutenberg Blocks, Page Builder Blocks ,WordPress Block Plugin, Sections & Template Library plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the ‘timestamp’ attribute in all versions up to, and including, 2.2.13 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.

It is possible to read the advisory at wordfence.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2025-13697. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1059.007 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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• WordPress Plugin

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• BlockArt Blocks Plugin

Version

• 2.2.0
• 2.2.1
• 2.2.2
• 2.2.3
• 2.2.4
• 2.2.5
• 2.2.6
• 2.2.7
• 2.2.8
• 2.2.9
• 2.2.10
• 2.2.11
• 2.2.12
• 2.2.13

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