# CVE-2024-5901: SiteOrigin Widgets Bundle <= 1.62.2 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting in Image Grid widget

> Authenticated contributors can inject arbitrary scripts via the Image Grid widget, leading to stored XSS execution for other users.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.4 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 30 Jul 2024
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-j2f8-8cqp-fv4p

## What is CVE-2024-5901?

CVE-2024-5901 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in gpriday SiteOrigin Widgets Bundle, published on 30 Jul 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The SiteOrigin Widgets Bundle plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the Image Grid widget in all versions up to, and including, 1.62.2 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.

Weakness: CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-5901?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Siteorigin Siteorigin Widgets Bundle.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-5901?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-5901 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-5901 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-5901 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in gpriday SiteOrigin Widgets Bundle

- [CVE-2023-6295](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-6295/): so-widgets-bundle < 1.51.0 - Admin+ Local File Inclusion (high 7.2)
- [CVE-2025-5585](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-5585/): Cross-site scripting in SiteOrigin Widgets Bundle (medium 6.4)
- [CVE-2024-5090](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-5090/): Cross-site scripting in SiteOrigin Widgets Bundle (medium 6.4)
- [CVE-2024-4362](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-4362/): Cross-site scripting in SiteOrigin Widgets Bundle (medium 6.4)
- [CVE-2024-1723](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-1723/): SiteOrigin Widgets Bundle <= 1.58.7 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting (medium 6.4)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-5901 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-5901 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in gpriday SiteOrigin Widgets Bundle, published on 30 Jul 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-5901 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: gpriday SiteOrigin Widgets Bundle. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-5901/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-5901/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-5901
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-5901
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-5901

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-5901/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.