CVE-2024-2297: Bricksbuilder Bricks

High severity, CVSS 8.8. EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The Bricks theme for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation in all versions up to, and including, 1.9.6.1. This is due to insufficient validation checks placed on the create_autosave AJAX function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to execute arbitrary PHP code with elevated (administrator-level) privileges. NOTE: Successful exploitation requires (1) the Bricks Builder to be enabled for posts (2) Builder access to be enabled for contributor-level users, and (3) "Code Execution" to be enabled for administrator-level users within the theme's settings.

Affected products

• Bricksbuilder Bricks: before 1.9.7 (fixed in 1.9.7)

Published 2025-02-27. Last modified 2026-06-17.