SiteOrigin Widgets Bundle <= 1.70.4 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary Shortcode Execution
Published Feb 18, 2026
5.4
MEDIUMCVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.29%
Description
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.
Affected products
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- Version -StatusaffectedConstraints<=1.70.4
- Version
Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).
| Vendor | Product | Default status | Versions | ||||||
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| Gpriday | SiteOrigin Widgets Bundle | unaffected |
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Remediation
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References (7)
- https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2026-8045 Advisory
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/so-widgets-bundle/tags/1.70.4/base/inc/actions.php#L6
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/so-widgets-bundle/tags/1.70.4/base/inc/actions.php#L75
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/so-widgets-bundle/tags/1.70.4/widgets/editor/editor.php#L120
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/so-widgets-bundle/tags/1.70.4/widgets/post-carousel/post-carousel.php#L590
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&new=3460939%40so-widgets-bundle%2Ftrunk&old=3434183%40so-widgets-bundle%2Ftrunk&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/bf92c64b-ca76-4af7-a1e4-585a60b03153?source=cve
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