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)
CVE-2026-97348Published · Updated Action summary
Affected: ≤1.74.3Update to 1.75.0 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)
- 0.7% chance in 30 days54th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
On this page8
Am I affected?
SiteOrigin Widgets Bundle so-widgets-bundle
- Affected≤ 1.74.3
- Patched in1.75.0
Update to 1.75.0 or newer.
You are affected if you run ≤ 1.74.3. Version 1.75.0 and later are not affected by this issue.
- Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under SiteOrigin Widgets Bundle.
- No admin access? Run a passive check of your site. It reads public files only.
What to do
- Update to version 1.75.0, or a newer patched version
- Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
- Watch SiteOrigin Widgets Bundle to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.
Advisory
Source description from Wordfence Intelligence, credited to Wordfence PRISM.
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.
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 13| Severity | Vulnerability | CVE | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| High7.5 | Authenticated (Contributor+) Local File Inclusion via 'theme' Parameter ≤1.73.2Update to 1.74.0 | CVE-2026-92174 | |
| Medium5.4 | Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary Shortcode Execution ≤1.70.4Update to 1.71.0 | CVE-2026-2127 | |
| Medium6.4 | Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via `data-url` DOM Element Attribute ≤1.68.5Update to 1.69.0 | CVE-2025-5585 | |
| Medium4.3 | Missing Authorization ≤1.64.0Update to 1.64.1 | CVE-2024-54268 | |
| Medium6.4 | Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting in Image Grid widget ≤1.62.2Update to 1.62.3 | CVE-2024-5901 |
- High7.5Authenticated (Contributor+) Local File Inclusion via 'theme' Parameter
≤1.73.2Update to 1.74.0
- Medium5.4Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary Shortcode Execution
≤1.70.4Update to 1.71.0
- Medium6.4Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via `data-url` DOM Element Attribute
≤1.68.5Update to 1.69.0
- Medium4.3Missing Authorization
≤1.64.0Update to 1.64.1
- Medium6.4Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting in Image Grid widget
≤1.62.2Update to 1.62.3
Same weakness (Path Traversal)
All Path Traversal| Severity | Vulnerability | CVE | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| High7.2 | Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Comment User-Agent Header | CVE-2026-120688 | |
| Critical9.8 | Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Upload via File Upload via Public Form Submission | CVE-2026-125055 | |
| Critical9.8 | Unauthenticated PHP Object Injection to Remote Code Execution via 'form' Parameter | CVE-2026-119077 | |
| Medium5.3 | Unauthenticated Sensitive Information Exposure in 'search' Parameter | CVE-2026-121518 |
- High7.2Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Comment User-Agent Header
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- Critical9.8Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Upload via File Upload via Public Form Submission
Chatterbug Forms – Fast, Flexible WordPress Form Builder
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- Critical9.8Unauthenticated PHP Object Injection to Remote Code Execution via 'form' Parameter
ELEX WordPress HelpDesk & Customer Ticketing System
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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.
- CVE® identifiers
- Copyright 1999-2026 The MITRE Corporation. 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.
- EPSS
- Exploit Prediction Scoring System by FIRST.org.
- VulnCrest content
- Summary, remediation guidance and page layout © VulnCrest. Not sourced from NVD.