Stored DOM-based cross-site scripting in SiteOrigin CSS plugin
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Cross-site scripting
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · Low · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-79.
Summary
The SiteOrigin CSS plugin for WordPress through 1.6.7 is affected. Insufficient input sanitization and output escaping of the href value (CWE-79) let an unauthenticated attacker store scripts that run in the browser. The attack requires an approved malicious comment and an administrator who opens the Visual Inspector and clicks the injected anchor link.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-28
Description from the CNA
The SiteOrigin CSS plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored DOM-Based Cross-Site Scripting via the 'href' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 1.6.7 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. Successful exploitation requires the malicious comment to be approved and an administrator to subsequently open the Visual Inspector and click the attacker's anchor link, both of which are plausible interactions during routine comment triage.
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
The sources list no fixed version for SiteOrigin CSS.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-28
Timeline
- 2026-10-16 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-111122
- 2026-10-16 CISA SSVC decision points changed
- 2026-10-16 Priority changed: MEDIUM → LOW
- 2026-10-16 Alias added: GHSA-gq9v-x5r6-qvc7
References
Other 4
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/97742c7c-4957-4597-9cc0-c9594e8c8482?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/so-css/tags/1.6.7/js/inspector.js#L280
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/so-css/tags/1.6.7/js/inspector.js#L276
- https://github.com/siteorigin/so-css/compare/1.6.7...1.6.8
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- TI-2024-36357 WordPress SiteOrigin Widgets Bundle plugin <= 1.64.0 - Broken Access Control vulnerability CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2026-65918 SiteOrigin Widgets Bundle <= 1.73.2 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Local File Inclusion via 'theme' Parameter CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2023-05778 so-widgets-bundle < 1.51.0 - Admin+ Local File Inclusion CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.2
Sources
- CVE-2026-111122 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-111122 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-gq9v-x5r6-qvc7 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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