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GHSA-2V8J-3M7W-9W5F

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-10-10 09:30 – Updated: 2026-10-10 09:30

Details

The SiteOrigin Widgets Bundle plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Directory Traversal in all versions up to, and including, 1.74.3 via the get_instance_css function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to read the contents of arbitrary files on the server, which can contain sensitive information. The widget's normal update()/sanitize_field_input() pipeline — which would reject non-hex color values — is bypassed entirely because the [siteorigin_widget] shortcode handler calls $the_widget->widget() directly on the attacker-supplied decoded JSON instance.

Severity

6.5 (Medium)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

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CVE-2026-97348 (GCVE-0-2026-97348)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-10-10 06:40 – Updated: 2026-10-11 16:55

Title

SiteOrigin Widgets Bundle <= 1.74.3 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Arbitrary File Read via LESS Injection via [siteorigin_widget] Shortcode 'value' JSON Instance (design.colors LESS Variable)

Summary

Severity

6.5 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2026-10-11 16:42 UTC

CWE

CWE-22 - Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

Assigner

Wordfence CNA under the mitre root

CNA scorecard C 65/100 over 2253 records in the last 180 days details

References

9 references

URL	Tags
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabil…
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/so-wid…
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/so-wid…
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/so-wid…
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/so-wid…
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/so-wid…
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/so-wid…
https://github.com/siteorigin/so-widgets-bundle/c…
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3724…

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
gpriday	SiteOrigin Widgets Bundle	Affected: 0 , ≤ 1.74.3 (semver)

Credits

Wordfence PRISM

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