BoldGrid Post and Page Builder Plugin up to 1.27.6 on WordPress template_via_url path traversal

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in BoldGrid Post and Page Builder Plugin up to 1.27.6 on WordPress. This impacts the function template_via_url. Such manipulation leads to path traversal. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2025-0859. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists. A patch should be applied to remediate this issue.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in BoldGrid Post and Page Builder Plugin up to 1.27.6 on WordPress. Affected by this issue is the function template_via_url. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a path traversal vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-22. The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory. Impacted is confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

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.

The weakness was disclosed by Michael Mazzolini. The advisory is available at wordfence.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2025-0859 since 01/29/2025. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit. This vulnerability is assigned to T1006 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at github.com.

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• WordPress Plugin

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• BoldGrid

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• Post and Page Builder Plugin

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• 1.27.0
• 1.27.1
• 1.27.2
• 1.27.3
• 1.27.4
• 1.27.5
• 1.27.6

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