Widget Options – Advanced Conditional Visibility for Gutenberg Blocks & Classic Widgets <= 4.2.3 — Authenticated (Contributor+) Remote Code Execution
CVE-2026-54823Published · Updated Action summary
Affected: ≤4.2.3Update to 4.2.4 or newer
All remediation steps- Severity
- High8.8
- CVSS
- 8.8CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HWhat 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:HIntegrity- High
A:HAvailability- High
- Required access
- Unknown
- Exploit prediction (EPSS)
- No score
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
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Am I affected?
Widget Options – Advanced Conditional Visibility for Gutenberg Blocks & Classic Widgets widget-options
- Affected≤ 4.2.3
- Patched in4.2.4
Update to 4.2.4 or newer.
You are affected if you run ≤ 4.2.3. Version 4.2.4 and later are not affected by this issue.
- Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under Widget Options – Advanced Conditional Visibility for Gutenberg Blocks & Classic Widgets.
- No admin access? Run a passive check of your site. It reads public files only.
What to do
- Update to version 4.2.4, or a newer patched version
- Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
- Watch Widget Options – Advanced Conditional Visibility for Gutenberg Blocks & Classic Widgets to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.
Advisory
Source description from Wordfence Intelligence, credited to daroo.
The Widget Options – Advanced Conditional Visibility for Gutenberg Blocks & Classic Widgets plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Remote Code Execution in all versions up to, and including, 4.2.3. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to execute code on the server.
Exploits & references
Proof-of-concept & detection
No public proof-of-concept or detection template is known for this vulnerability.
Advisories & patches
- Advisorywordfence.com
Related CVEs
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All 11| Severity | Vulnerability | CVE | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| High8.8 | Authenticated (Contributor+) Code Injection via 'post_content' Parameter ≤4.2.6.1Update to 4.2.7 | CVE-2026-116615 | |
| High8.8 | Authenticated (Author+) Remote Code Execution ≤4.2.5Update to 4.2.6 | CVE-2026-116852 | |
| High8.8 | Authenticated (Contributor+) Remote Code Execution via Display Logic ≤4.2.2Update to 4.2.3 | CVE-2026-2052 | |
| High8.8 | Authenticated (Contributor+) Remote Code Execution ≤4.1.3Update to 4.2.0 | CVE-2026-27984 | |
| Medium6.4 | Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ≤4.1.2Update to 4.1.3 | CVE-2025-10580 |
- High8.8Authenticated (Contributor+) Code Injection via 'post_content' Parameter
≤4.2.6.1Update to 4.2.7
- High8.8Authenticated (Author+) Remote Code Execution
≤4.2.5Update to 4.2.6
- High8.8Authenticated (Contributor+) Remote Code Execution via Display Logic
≤4.2.2Update to 4.2.3
- High8.8Authenticated (Contributor+) Remote Code Execution
≤4.1.3Update to 4.2.0
- Medium6.4Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
≤4.1.2Update to 4.1.3
Timeline
CVE published
Severity high, CVSS 8.8
Record last updated
Sources & licenses
Wordfence record- Vulnerability data
- Wordfence Intelligence. [object Object] Licensed under the CC BY-SA 4.0.
- CVE® identifiers
- [object Object]. Used under the CVE Program. CVE® is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation.
- CVSS / CWE
- National Vulnerability Database (NVD), shown unmodified. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.
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- Summary, remediation guidance and page layout © VulnCrest. Not sourced from NVD.