Post and Page Builder by BoldGrid <= 1.27.6 — Path Traversal to Authenticated (Contributor+) Arbitrary File Read via template_via_url Function
CVE-2025-0859Published · Updated Action summary
Affected: ≤1.27.6Update to 1.27.7 or newer
All remediation steps- Severity
- Medium6.5
- CVSS
- 6.5CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:NWhat does this vector mean?
AV:NAttack vector- Network
AC:LAttack complexity- Low
PR:LPrivileges required- Low
UI:NUser interaction- None
S:UScope- Unchanged
C:HConfidentiality- High
I:NIntegrity- None
A:NAvailability- None
- Weakness
- CWE-22 Path Traversal
- Required access
- Unknown
- Exploit prediction (EPSS)
- No score
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
On this page8
Am I affected?
Post and Page Builder by BoldGrid – Visual Drag and Drop Editor post-and-page-builder
- Affected≤ 1.27.6
- Patched in1.27.7
Update to 1.27.7 or newer.
You are affected if you run ≤ 1.27.6. Version 1.27.7 and later are not affected by this issue.
- Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under Post and Page Builder by BoldGrid – Visual Drag and Drop Editor.
- No admin access? Run a passive check of your site. It reads public files only.
What to do
- Update to version 1.27.7, or a newer patched version
- Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
- Watch Post and Page Builder by BoldGrid – Visual Drag and Drop Editor to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.
Advisory
Source description from Wordfence Intelligence, credited to Michael Mazzolini.
The Post and Page Builder by BoldGrid – Visual Drag and Drop Editor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Path Traversal in all versions up to, and including, 1.27.6 via the template_via_url() 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.
Exploits & references
Proof-of-concept & detection
No public proof-of-concept or detection template is known for this vulnerability.
Advisories & patches
- Advisorywordfence.com
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| Medium6.4 | Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'data-label' Attribute ≤1.27.13Update to 1.27.14 | CVE-2026-78001 | |
| High7.2 | Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting ≤1.27.14Update to 1.27.15 | CVE-2026-100510 | |
| Medium4.3 | Missing Authorization ≤1.27.9Update to 1.27.10 | CVE-2025-69345 | |
| Medium4.3 | Authenticated (Contributor+) Path Traversal ≤1.27.8Update to 1.27.9 | CVE-2025-52712 | |
| Medium6.4 | Authenticated (Contributor+) Server-Side Request Forgery ≤1.27.8Update to 1.27.9 | CVE-2025-52713 |
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- Medium6.4Authenticated (Contributor+) Server-Side Request Forgery
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Timeline
CVE published
Severity medium, CVSS 6.5
Record last updated
Sources & licenses
Wordfence record- Vulnerability data
- Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. Licensed under the CC BY-SA 4.0.
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