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CVE-2024-4362: SiteOrigin Widgets Bundle <= 1.60.0 - - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'siteorigin_widget' Shortcode

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.4 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2024-05-22 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-79

Description

The SiteOrigin Widgets Bundle plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's 'siteorigin_widget' shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 1.60.0 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. 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.

Affected products

• gpriday SiteOrigin Widgets Bundle: before 1.58.8 — fixed in 1.58.8

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: gpriday SiteOrigin Widgets Bundle 1.58.8. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/so-widgets-bundle/trunk/base/inc/shortcode.php#L27
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3088997/so-widgets-bundle/trunk/base/inc/shortcode.php
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/b7926ec6-3441-4062-93b2-6c2120c9f406?source=cve
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/so-widgets-bundle/trunk/base/inc/shortcode.php#L27
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3088997/so-widgets-bundle/trunk/base/inc/shortcode.php
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/b7926ec6-3441-4062-93b2-6c2120c9f406?source=cve

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