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6.4

Bold Page Builder for WordPress: Malicious Code Injection

CVE-2025-5286 · published 1 year ago
Summary

The Bold Page Builder plugin for WordPress has a security flaw that allows attackers to inject malicious code into pages. This can happen if an attacker has contributor-level access or higher. To fix this, update the Bold Page Builder plugin to a version newer than 5.3.6.

Original advisory text
The Bold Page Builder plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the ‘additional_settings’ parameter in all versions up to, and including, 5.3.6 due to insufficient input...
The Bold Page Builder plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the ‘additional_settings’ parameter in all versions up to, and including, 5.3.6 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. 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.
References
Fix within
Internet-facing 60 days
Internal At next upgrade
  • Not known to be exploited
  • Needs hands-on effort to exploit
  • Gives an attacker partial control
Severity
6.4 Medium
Exploitation
<1% chance of attack within 30 days
Type
CWE-79Cross-site Scripting (XSS)
Timeline
Published29 May 2025
Updated4 Nov 2026
First seen7 Mar 2026
Sources
CVE-2025-5286 · NVD
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