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SiteOrigin Widgets Bundle
so-widgets-bundle
total installs
400,000
total vulns
2
critical
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medium
2
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vulnerabilities
(2)
SiteOrigin Widgets Bundle <= 1.70.4 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary Shortcode Execution
medium
✓ patched
The SiteOrigin Widgets Bundle plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized arbitrary shortcode execution in all versions up to, and including, 1.70.4. This is due to a missing capability check on the `siteorigin_widget_preview_widget_action()` function which is registered via the `wp_ajax_so_widgets_preview` AJAX action. The function only verifies a nonce (`widgets_action`) but does not check user capabilities. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to execute arbitrary shortcodes by invoking the `SiteOrigin_Widget_Editor_Widget` via the preview endpoint. The required nonce is exposed on the public frontend when the Post Carousel widget is present on a page, embedded in the `data-ajax-url` HTML attribute.
SiteOrigin Widgets Bundle <= 1.68.5 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via `data-url` DOM Element Attribute
medium
✓ patched
cve id
CVE-2025-5585 ↗
cvss score
6.4
cwe
CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
published
Jun 24, 2025
The SiteOrigin Widgets Bundle plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the `data-url` DOM Element Attribute in all versions up to, and including, 1.68.4 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.