The Bold Page Builder WordPress plugin before 5.9.8 does not properly validate a link URL before outputting it in an HTML attribute, relying on a filter that can be evaded, allowing users with the Contributor role and above to inject arbitrary web scripts that execute when a user clicks the affected link.
History

Sun, 06 Sep 2026 11:30:00 +0000

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Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Sat, 05 Sep 2026 08:30:00 +0000

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Weaknesses CWE-79

Sat, 05 Sep 2026 06:30:00 +0000

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Description The Bold Page Builder WordPress plugin before 5.9.8 does not properly validate a link URL before outputting it in an HTML attribute, relying on a filter that can be evaded, allowing users with the Contributor role and above to inject arbitrary web scripts that execute when a user clicks the affected link.
Title Bold Page Builder < 5.9.8 - Contributor+ Stored XSS via bt_bb_button/bt_bb_headline/bt_bb_icon URL
References

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2026-09-05T06:00:07.815Z

Updated: 2026-09-06T10:38:22.610Z

Reserved: 2026-09-01T01:46:20.094Z

Link: CVE-2026-84021

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-09-06T10:29:01.942Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2026-09-05T07:17:13.470

Modified: 2026-09-08T19:09:21.310

Link: CVE-2026-84021

cve-icon Redhat

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