CVE-2026-3896
Livemesh SiteOrigin Widgets <= 3.9.2 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 6.4 Medium
- Published
- May 27, 2026
- Updated
- May 27, 2026
- Reserved
- Mar 10, 2026
Description
The Livemesh SiteOrigin Widgets plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the `lsow_admin_ajax` AJAX action in all versions up to, and including, 3.9.2 due to missing authorization checks and insufficient input sanitization. The AJAX handler verifies a nonce but does not check user capabilities. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with Subscriber-level access and above to modify plugin settings and inject malicious scripts that execute when administrators access the plugin settings page or when any user visits the frontend.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 6.4 Medium | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N | Wordfence |
Weaknesses
- CWE-862 Missing Authorization
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
Livemesh SiteOrigin Widgetslivemesh |
|
References
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/a1510984-571b-49ce-9e10-129e2a1aca7b?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/livemesh-siteorigin-widgets/tags/3.9.2/admin/admin-ajax.php#L65
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/livemesh-siteorigin-widgets/tags/3.9.2/includes/helper-functions.php#L235
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/livemesh-siteorigin-widgets/tags/3.9.2/admin/views/settings.php#L107
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