CVE-2026-97348: medium-severity vulnerability in gpriday SiteOrigin Widgets Bundle
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)
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13Vexday Risk Score
No sign of exploitation. No public exploitation artifact known so far.
ssvc Trackcvss 6.5epss 0.7%
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.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Affected products
gpriday · SiteOrigin Widgets BundleRelated CVEs — gpriday SiteOrigin Widgets Bundle
In the same product, most dangerous first.
CVE-2026-92174HIGHSiteOrigin Widgets Bundle <= 1.73.2 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Local File Inclusion via 'theme' ParameterEPSS 0.5%CVE-2024-1070MEDIUMSiteOrigin Widgets Bundle <= 1.58.2 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site ScriptingEPSS 0.5%CVE-2024-0961MEDIUMSiteOrigin Widgets Bundle <= 1.58.1 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site ScriptingEPSS 0.5%CVE-2024-1723MEDIUMSiteOrigin Widgets Bundle <= 1.58.7 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site ScriptingEPSS 0.5%CVE-2024-1058MEDIUMSiteOrigin Widgets Bundle <= 1.58.3 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site ScriptingEPSS 0.4%CVE-2024-5901MEDIUMSiteOrigin Widgets Bundle <= 1.62.2 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting in Image Grid widgetEPSS 0.4%
References
https://github.com/siteorigin/so-widgets-bundle/compare/540f834469fe...bf80892709fbhttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/so-widgets-bundle/tags/1.74.3/base/inc/shortcode.php#L31https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/so-widgets-bundle/tags/1.74.3/base/inc/shortcode.php#L51https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/so-widgets-bundle/tags/1.74.3/base/siteorigin-widget.class.php#L1006https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/so-widgets-bundle/tags/1.74.3/base/siteorigin-widget.class.php#L1117https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/so-widgets-bundle/tags/1.74.3/base/siteorigin-widget.class.php#L1134https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/so-widgets-bundle/tags/1.74.3/base/siteorigin-widget.class.php#L1148https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3724795/so-widgets-bundle/trunk/base/siteorigin-widget.class.phphttps://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/500f18e6-14ca-4632-9317-5886fa2bb763?source=cve