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.
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| Description | 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. | |
| 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) | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-22 | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Wordfence
Published: 2026-10-10T06:40:10.233Z
Updated: 2026-10-11T16:55:16.840Z
Reserved: 2026-09-24T12:27:03.747Z
Link: CVE-2026-97348
Updated: 2026-10-11T16:45:47.077Z
Status : Deferred
Published: 2026-10-10T07:16:42.900
Modified: 2026-10-13T13:29:12.567
Link: CVE-2026-97348
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