Path traversal in BoldGrid Post and Page Builder by BoldGrid – Visual Drag and Drop Editor
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Information disclosure
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · None · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-22 and the CVSS impact.
Summary
The Post and Page Builder by BoldGrid – Visual Drag and Drop Editor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Path Traversal in all versions up to, and including, 1.27.6 via the template_via_url() 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.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-0859
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-929w-9gh4-883v
References
Patch 3
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/post-and-page-builder/trunk/includes/class-boldgrid-editor-preview.php#L178
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?old=3234175&old_path=post-and-page-builder%2Ftags%2F1.27.7%2Fincludes%2Fclass-boldgrid-editor-preview.php&new=3234175&new_path=post-and-page-builder%2Ftags%2F1.27.7%2Fincludes%2Fclass-boldgrid-editor-preview.php
- https://github.com/BoldGrid/post-and-page-builder/pull/638/commits/10e4d1d96fd2735379049259d15896fa6dd35471
More BoldGrid Post And Page Builder vulnerabilities
- TI-2023-10790 Cross-site request forgery in BoldGrid Post and Page Builder by BoldGrid – Visual Drag… CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2024-06350 Cross-site scripting in BoldGrid Post and Page Builder by BoldGrid – Visual Drag and Drop… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.4
- TI-2024-02696 WordPress Post and Page Builder by BoldGrid plugin <= 1.26.2 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
- TI-2024-04098 Cross-site scripting in BoldGrid Post and Page Builder by BoldGrid – Visual Drag and Drop… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.4
Sources
- CVE-2025-0859 · CVE Program
- CVE-2025-0859 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-929w-9gh4-883v · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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