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.

Project Subscriptions

No data.

Advisories

No advisories yet.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.


Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

History

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

Type Values Removed Values Added
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

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-79

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

Type Values Removed Values Added
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

Projects

Sign in to view the affected projects.

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published:

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 : Received

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

Modified: 2026-09-06T11:18:03.473

Link: CVE-2026-84021

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-09-06T13:45:07Z

Weaknesses