Is Bold Page Builder safe to use?

Laskyr does not give safety verdicts. No known unpatched vulnerabilities in the latest version (5.9.11). As of 2026-11-04. 46 issues are on record for older versions; version 5.9.10 or newer fixes all of them that state a fix. Keep Bold Page Builder on the latest version (5.9.11) and remove it if you do not use it.

Which versions of Bold Page Builder are vulnerable?

Known issues on record (newest first): Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) (5.7.2 and older, fixed in 5.7.3); Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) (5.9.6 and older, fixed in 5.9.7); Cross-site scripting (XSS) (5.9.9 and older, fixed in 5.9.10); Cross-site scripting (XSS) (older than 5.9.9, fixed in 5.9.9); Cross-site scripting (XSS) (older than 5.9.8, fixed in 5.9.8); Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) (5.6.8 and older, fixed in 5.6.9). The full list with sources is on this page.

What is the latest version of Bold Page Builder?

5.9.11, according to wordpress.org (last updated 2026-11-03). It has 40,000+ active installs.

What should I do if my Bold Page Builder is out of date?

Take a backup, then update it from Dashboard > Updates (or run wp plugin update bold-page-builder). If you cannot update right away, deactivate it until you can. If you think the site was already attacked, run a free scan at https://laskyr.com/scan.

Plugins · bold-page-builder · data as of 2026-11-04

Is Bold Page Builder safe? Known vulnerabilities and latest version

Latest version: 5.9.11
Last updated: 2026-11-03
Active installs: 40,000+
Known issues on record: 46
Unpatched in latest: 0
Tested up to WP: 7.0.8

Free Page Builder and Visual Composer - Build stunning responsive post and page layouts with easy to use drag and drop builder - no coding required. — by boldthemes

What to do

Update to the latest version (5.9.11). Anything older than 5.9.10 has at least one known issue listed below. Dashboard → Updates, or Plugins → “update now”.
If you cannot update right away, deactivate it until you can.
Turn on auto-updates for it: Plugins → “Enable auto-updates” on its row.
If you ran a vulnerable version and something looks off (spam pages, strange admins, redirects), run the free scan.

With WP-CLI: wp plugin get bold-page-builder --field=version shows what you run; wp plugin update bold-page-builder updates it.

Check your version

Known vulnerabilities

46 on record, newest first. “Affected” is the version range the source gives; “fixed in” is the version the source names, or (marked *) the first wordpress.org release after the last affected version.

medium 6.4 CVE-2026-88037 · published 2026-09-30

Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) in Bold Page Builder (5.7.2 and older)

Affected: 5.7.2 and older
Fixed in: 5.7.3 *
Access needed (per CVSS): Needs a low-level account (e.g. subscriber)
Range from: CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by Wordfence

Details from the advisory

The Bold Page Builder plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the `title` attribute of the `bt_bb_service` shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 5.7.2. This is 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.

NVD CVE-2026-88037 Wordfence advisory Code change (fix)

medium 6.4 CVE-2026-6170 · published 2026-09-30

Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) in Bold Page Builder (5.7.2 and older)

Affected: 5.7.2 and older
Fixed in: 5.7.3 *
Access needed (per CVSS): Needs a low-level account (e.g. subscriber)
Range from: CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by Wordfence

Details from the advisory

The Bold Page Builder plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'images' parameter of the plugin's bt_bb_css_image_grid shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 5.7.2 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.

NVD CVE-2026-6170 Wordfence advisory Code change (fix)

medium 6.4 CVE-2026-6171 · published 2026-09-30

Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) in Bold Page Builder (5.7.2 and older)

Affected: 5.7.2 and older
Fixed in: 5.7.3 *
Access needed (per CVSS): Needs a low-level account (e.g. subscriber)
Range from: CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by Wordfence

Details from the advisory

The Bold Page Builder plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'target' parameter of the plugin's bt_bb_icon shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 5.7.2 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.

NVD CVE-2026-6171 Wordfence advisory Code change (fix)

medium 6.4 CVE-2026-6172 · published 2026-09-30

Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) in Bold Page Builder (5.7.2 and older)

Affected: 5.7.2 and older
Fixed in: 5.7.3 *
Access needed (per CVSS): Needs a low-level account (e.g. subscriber)
Range from: CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by Wordfence

Details from the advisory

The Bold Page Builder plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'caption' parameter of the plugin's bt_bb_image shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 5.7.2 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.

NVD CVE-2026-6172 Wordfence advisory Code change (fix)

medium 6.4 CVE-2026-6173 · published 2026-09-30

Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) in Bold Page Builder (5.7.2 and older)

Affected: 5.7.2 and older
Fixed in: 5.7.3 *
Access needed (per CVSS): Needs a low-level account (e.g. subscriber)
Range from: CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by Wordfence

Details from the advisory

The Bold Page Builder plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'background_image' parameter of the plugin's bt_bb_section shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 5.7.2 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.

NVD CVE-2026-6173 Wordfence advisory Code change (fix)

medium 6.4 CVE-2026-5920 · published 2026-09-16

Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) in Bold Page Builder (5.9.6 and older)

Affected: 5.9.6 and older
Fixed in: 5.9.7 *
Access needed (per CVSS): Needs a low-level account (e.g. subscriber)
Range from: CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by Wordfence

Details from the advisory

The Bold Page Builder plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'shortcode_content' parameter of the bt_bb_shortcode shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 5.9.6. This is due to a bypassable security filter (bt_bb_save_pre) that can be circumvented via null byte injection, combined with insufficient output sanitization of base64-decoded content in the bt_bb_raw_content shortcode handler. 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.

NVD CVE-2026-5920 Wordfence advisory Code change (fix)

medium 6.5 CVE-2026-62110 · published 2026-09-11

Cross-site scripting (XSS) in Bold Page Builder (5.9.9 and older)

Affected: 5.9.9 and older
Fixed in: 5.9.10
Access needed (per CVSS): Needs a low-level account (e.g. subscriber); someone on the site has to click a link or open a page
Range from: CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by Patchstack

Details from the advisory

Contributor Cross Site Scripting (XSS) in Bold Page Builder <= 5.9.9 versions.

NVD CVE-2026-62110 Patchstack advisory

medium 6.8 CVE-2026-84028 · published 2026-09-06

Cross-site scripting (XSS) in Bold Page Builder (older than 5.9.9)

Affected: older than 5.9.9
Fixed in: 5.9.9
Access needed (per CVSS): Needs an admin-level account; someone on the site has to click a link or open a page
Range from: CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by CISA ADP

Details from the advisory

The Bold Page Builder WordPress plugin before 5.9.9 does not sanitise and escape a shortcode attribute before outputting it in an HTML attribute, allowing users with the Contributor role and above to inject arbitrary web scripts that execute when a user views the affected page.

NVD CVE-2026-84028 WPScan advisory

medium 6.8 CVE-2026-84021 · published 2026-09-05

Cross-site scripting (XSS) in Bold Page Builder (older than 5.9.8)

Affected: older than 5.9.8
Fixed in: 5.9.8
Access needed (per CVSS): Needs an admin-level account; someone on the site has to click a link or open a page
Range from: CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by CISA ADP

Details from the advisory

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.

NVD CVE-2026-84021 WPScan advisory

medium 6.8 CVE-2026-84022 · published 2026-09-05

Cross-site scripting (XSS) in Bold Page Builder (older than 5.9.8)

Affected: older than 5.9.8
Fixed in: 5.9.8
Access needed (per CVSS): Needs an admin-level account; someone on the site has to click a link or open a page
Range from: CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by CISA ADP

Details from the advisory

The Bold Page Builder WordPress plugin before 5.9.8 does not sanitise and escape several shortcode attributes before outputting them in HTML attributes, allowing users with the Contributor role and above to inject arbitrary web scripts that execute when a user views the affected page.

NVD CVE-2026-84022 WPScan advisory

medium 6.4 CVE-2026-2357 · published 2026-08-16

Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) in Bold Page Builder (5.6.8 and older)

Affected: 5.6.8 and older
Fixed in: 5.6.9 *
Access needed (per CVSS): Needs a low-level account (e.g. subscriber)
Range from: CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by Wordfence

Details from the advisory

The Bold Page Builder plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's 'bt_bb_shortcode' shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 5.6.8 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.

NVD CVE-2026-2357 Wordfence advisory Code change (fix)wordpress.org

medium 6.4 CVE-2026-3694 · published 2026-05-14

Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) in Bold Page Builder (5.6.8 and older)

Affected: 5.6.8 and older
Fixed in: 5.6.9 *
Access needed (per CVSS): Needs a low-level account (e.g. subscriber)
Range from: CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by Wordfence

Details from the advisory

The Bold Page Builder plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'text' attribute of the bt_bb_button shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 5.6.8. This is 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.

NVD CVE-2026-3694 Wordfence advisory Code change (fix)

medium 6.5 CVE-2026-25451 · published 2026-02-19

Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) in Bold Page Builder (5.6.9 and older)

Affected: 5.6.9 and older
Fixed in: 5.7.0
Access needed (per CVSS): Needs a low-level account (e.g. subscriber); someone on the site has to click a link or open a page
Range from: CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by Patchstack

Details from the advisory

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in boldthemes Bold Page Builder bold-page-builder allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Bold Page Builder: from n/a through <= 5.6.9.

NVD CVE-2026-25451 Patchstack advisory

medium 6.4 CVE-2025-12803 · published 2026-02-07

Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) in Bold Page Builder (5.5.1 and older)

Affected: 5.5.1 and older
Fixed in: 5.6.9 *
Access needed (per CVSS): Needs a low-level account (e.g. subscriber)
Range from: CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by Wordfence

Details from the advisory

The Bold Page Builder plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin 'bt_bb_tabs' shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 5.5.1 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.

NVD CVE-2025-12803 Wordfence advisory Plugin source

medium 6.4 CVE-2025-13463 · published 2026-02-07

Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) in Bold Page Builder (5.5.3 and older)

Affected: 5.5.3 and older
Fixed in: 5.6.9 *
Access needed (per CVSS): Needs a low-level account (e.g. subscriber)
Range from: CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by Wordfence

Details from the advisory

The Bold Page Builder plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the Post Grid component in all versions up to, and including, 5.5.3 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Author-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

NVD CVE-2025-13463 Wordfence advisory Plugin source

medium 6.4 CVE-2025-15267 · published 2026-02-07

Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) in Bold Page Builder (5.6.1 and older)

Affected: 5.6.1 and older
Fixed in: 5.6.9 *
Access needed (per CVSS): Needs a low-level account (e.g. subscriber)
Range from: CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by Wordfence

Details from the advisory

The Bold Page Builder plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's bt_bb_accordion_item shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 5.6.1 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.

NVD CVE-2025-15267 Wordfence advisory Code change (fix)Plugin source

medium 6.4 CVE-2025-12159 · published 2026-02-07

Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) in Bold Page Builder (5.4.8 and older)

Affected: 5.4.8 and older
Fixed in: 5.6.9 *
Access needed (per CVSS): Needs a low-level account (e.g. subscriber)
Range from: CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by Wordfence

Details from the advisory

The Bold Page Builder plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's bt_bb_raw_content shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 5.4.8 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.

NVD CVE-2025-12159 Wordfence advisory Plugin source

medium 6.5 CVE-2025-66057 · published 2025-11-21

Cross-site scripting (XSS) in Bold Page Builder (5.5.2 and older)

Affected: 5.5.2 and older
Fixed in: 5.5.3
Access needed (per CVSS): Needs a low-level account (e.g. subscriber); someone on the site has to click a link or open a page
Range from: CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by Patchstack

Details from the advisory

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in boldthemes Bold Page Builder bold-page-builder allows DOM-Based XSS.This issue affects Bold Page Builder: from n/a through <= 5.5.2.

NVD CVE-2025-66057 Patchstack advisory

medium 6.4 CVE-2025-7730 · published 2025-10-23

Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) in Bold Page Builder (5.4.5 and older)

Affected: 5.4.5 and older
Fixed in: 5.6.9 *
Access needed (per CVSS): Needs a low-level account (e.g. subscriber)
Range from: CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by Wordfence

Details from the advisory

The Bold Page Builder plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the ‘percentage’ parameter in all versions up to, and including, 5.4.5 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.

NVD CVE-2025-7730 Wordfence advisory wordpress.org Plugin source

medium 6.5 CVE-2025-58194 · published 2025-08-27

Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) in Bold Page Builder (5.4.3 and older)

Affected: 5.4.3 and older
Fixed in: 5.4.4
Access needed (per CVSS): Needs a low-level account (e.g. subscriber); someone on the site has to click a link or open a page
Range from: CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by Patchstack

Details from the advisory

NVD CVE-2025-58194 Patchstack advisory

medium 6.5 CVE-2025-54006 · published 2025-07-16

Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) in Bold Page Builder (5.4.1 and older)

Affected: 5.4.1 and older
Fixed in: 5.4.2
Access needed (per CVSS): Needs a low-level account (e.g. subscriber); someone on the site has to click a link or open a page
Range from: CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by Patchstack

Details from the advisory

NVD CVE-2025-54006 Patchstack advisory

medium 6.4 CVE-2025-5286 · published 2025-05-29

Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) in Bold Page Builder (5.3.6 and older)

Affected: 5.3.6 and older
Fixed in: 5.6.9 *
Access needed (per CVSS): Needs a low-level account (e.g. subscriber)
Range from: CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by Wordfence

Details from the advisory

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.

NVD CVE-2025-5286 Wordfence advisory Code change (fix)wordpress.org Plugin source

medium 6.4 CVE-2025-3715 · published 2025-05-18

Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) in Bold Page Builder (5.3.5 and older)

Affected: 5.3.5 and older
Fixed in: 5.6.9 *
Access needed (per CVSS): Needs a low-level account (e.g. subscriber)
Range from: CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by Wordfence

Details from the advisory

The Bold Page Builder plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the data-text parameter in all versions up to, and including, 5.3.5 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.

NVD CVE-2025-3715 Wordfence advisory Code change (fix)Plugin source

medium 5.9 CVE-2025-47525 · published 2025-05-07

Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) in Bold Page Builder (5.3.0 and older)

Affected: 5.3.0 and older
Fixed in: 5.3.1
Access needed (per CVSS): Needs an admin-level account; someone on the site has to click a link or open a page
Range from: CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by Patchstack

Details from the advisory

NVD CVE-2025-47525 Patchstack advisory

medium 6.5 CVE-2025-47488 · published 2025-05-07

Cross-site scripting (XSS) in Bold Page Builder (5.3.2 and older)

Affected: 5.3.2 and older
Fixed in: 5.3.3
Access needed (per CVSS): Needs a low-level account (e.g. subscriber); someone on the site has to click a link or open a page
Range from: CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by Patchstack

Details from the advisory

NVD CVE-2025-47488 Patchstack advisory

medium 4.9 CVE-2024-54382 · published 2024-12-16

Path traversal / file read in Bold Page Builder (5.1.5 and older)

Affected: 5.1.5 and older
Fixed in: 5.1.6
Access needed (per CVSS): Needs an admin-level account
Range from: CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by NVD

Details from the advisory

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability in boldthemes Bold Page Builder bold-page-builder allows Path Traversal.This issue affects Bold Page Builder: from n/a through <= 5.1.5.

NVD CVE-2024-54382 Patchstack advisory

medium 5.4 CVE-2024-53801 · published 2024-12-06

Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) in Bold Page Builder (5.2.1 and older)

Affected: 5.2.1 and older
Fixed in: 5.2.2
Access needed (per CVSS): Needs a low-level account (e.g. subscriber); someone on the site has to click a link or open a page
Range from: CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by NVD

Details from the advisory

NVD CVE-2024-53801 Patchstack advisory

high 8.8 CVE-2024-50417 · published 2024-11-19

Missing authorization check in Bold Page Builder (5.1.3 and older)

Affected: 5.1.3 and older
Fixed in: 5.1.4
Access needed (per CVSS): Needs a low-level account (e.g. subscriber)
Range from: CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by NVD

Details from the advisory

Missing Authorization vulnerability in boldthemes Bold Page Builder bold-page-builder allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Bold Page Builder: from n/a through <= 5.1.3.

NVD CVE-2024-50417 Patchstack advisory

medium 5.4 CVE-2024-47298 · published 2024-10-06

Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) in Bold Page Builder (5.1.1 and older)

Affected: 5.1.1 and older
Fixed in: 5.1.2
Access needed (per CVSS): Needs a low-level account (e.g. subscriber); someone on the site has to click a link or open a page
Range from: CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by NVD

Details from the advisory

NVD CVE-2024-47298 Patchstack advisory

medium 5.4 CVE-2024-47391 · published 2024-10-05

Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) in Bold Page Builder (5.1.1 and older)

Affected: 5.1.1 and older
Fixed in: 5.1.1
Access needed (per CVSS): Needs a low-level account (e.g. subscriber); someone on the site has to click a link or open a page
Range from: CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by NVD

Details from the advisory

NVD CVE-2024-47391 Patchstack advisory

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medium 5.4 CVE-2024-7100 · published 2024-07-30

Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) in Bold Page Builder (5.0.2 and older)

Affected: 5.0.2 and older
Fixed in: 5.6.9 *
Access needed (per CVSS): Needs a low-level account (e.g. subscriber); someone on the site has to click a link or open a page
Range from: CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by NVD

Details from the advisory

The Bold Page Builder plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's bt_bb_button shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 5.0.2 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.

NVD CVE-2024-7100 Wordfence advisory Code change (fix)wordpress.org Plugin source

medium 5.4 CVE-2024-2734 · published 2024-04-10

Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) in Bold Page Builder (4.8.8 and older)

Affected: 4.8.8 and older
Fixed in: 4.9.8 *
Access needed (per CVSS): Needs a low-level account (e.g. subscriber); someone on the site has to click a link or open a page
Range from: CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by NVD

Details from the advisory

The Bold Page Builder plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's AI features all versions up to, and including, 4.8.8 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.

NVD CVE-2024-2734 Wordfence advisory Code change (fix)

medium 5.4 CVE-2024-2735 · published 2024-04-10

Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) in Bold Page Builder (4.8.8 and older)

Affected: 4.8.8 and older
Fixed in: 4.9.8 *
Access needed (per CVSS): Needs a low-level account (e.g. subscriber); someone on the site has to click a link or open a page
Range from: CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by NVD

Details from the advisory

The Bold Page Builder plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'Price List' element in all versions up to, and including, 4.8.8 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.

NVD CVE-2024-2735 Wordfence advisory Code change (fix)

medium 5.4 CVE-2024-2736 · published 2024-04-10

Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) in Bold Page Builder (4.8.8 and older)

Affected: 4.8.8 and older
Fixed in: 4.9.8 *
Access needed (per CVSS): Needs a low-level account (e.g. subscriber); someone on the site has to click a link or open a page
Range from: CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by NVD

Details from the advisory

The Bold Page Builder plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via HTML Tags in all versions up to, and including, 4.8.8 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.

NVD CVE-2024-2736 Wordfence advisory Code change (fix)

medium 5.4 CVE-2024-2733 · published 2024-04-10

Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) in Bold Page Builder (4.8.8 and older)

Affected: 4.8.8 and older
Fixed in: 4.9.8 *
Access needed (per CVSS): Needs a low-level account (e.g. subscriber); someone on the site has to click a link or open a page
Range from: CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by NVD

Details from the advisory

The Bold Page Builder plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's "Separator" element in all versions up to, and including, 4.8.8 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.

NVD CVE-2024-2733 Wordfence advisory Code change (fix)

medium 5.4 CVE-2024-3266 · published 2024-04-09

Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) in Bold Page Builder (4.8.8 and older)

Affected: 4.8.8 and older
Fixed in: 4.9.8 *
Access needed (per CVSS): Needs a low-level account (e.g. subscriber); someone on the site has to click a link or open a page
Range from: CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by NVD

Details from the advisory

The Bold Page Builder plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the URL attribute of widgets in all versions up to, and including, 4.8.8 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.

NVD CVE-2024-3266 Wordfence advisory Code change (fix)

medium 5.4 CVE-2024-3267 · published 2024-04-09

Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) in Bold Page Builder (4.8.8 and older)

Affected: 4.8.8 and older
Fixed in: 4.9.8 *
Access needed (per CVSS): Needs a low-level account (e.g. subscriber); someone on the site has to click a link or open a page
Range from: CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by NVD

Details from the advisory

The Bold Page Builder plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's bt_bb_price_list shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 4.8.8 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.

NVD CVE-2024-3267 Wordfence advisory Code change (fix)

medium 5.4 CVE-2024-30442 · published 2024-03-29

Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) in Bold Page Builder (4.8.0 and older)

Affected: 4.8.0 and older
Fixed in: 4.8.1
Access needed (per CVSS): Needs a low-level account (e.g. subscriber); someone on the site has to click a link or open a page
Range from: CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by NVD

Details from the advisory

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in BoldThemes Bold Page Builder allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Bold Page Builder: from n/a through 4.8.0.

NVD CVE-2024-30442 Patchstack advisory

medium 5.4 CVE-2024-30179 · published 2024-03-27

Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) in Bold Page Builder (4.7.6 and older)

Affected: 4.7.6 and older
Fixed in: 4.7.7
Access needed (per CVSS): Needs a low-level account (e.g. subscriber); someone on the site has to click a link or open a page
Range from: CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by NVD

Details from the advisory

NVD CVE-2024-30179 Patchstack advisory

medium 5.4 CVE-2024-1157 · published 2024-02-13

Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) in Bold Page Builder (4.8.0 and older)

Affected: 4.8.0 and older
Fixed in: 4.9.8 *
Access needed (per CVSS): Needs a low-level account (e.g. subscriber); someone on the site has to click a link or open a page
Range from: CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by Wordfence

Details from the advisory

The Bold Page Builder plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's button URL in all versions up to, and including, 4.8.0 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with contributor-level and above permissions to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

NVD CVE-2024-1157 Wordfence advisory Code change (fix)Plugin source

medium 5.4 CVE-2024-1159 · published 2024-02-13

Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) in Bold Page Builder (4.8.0 and older)

Affected: 4.8.0 and older
Fixed in: 4.9.8 *
Access needed (per CVSS): Needs a low-level account (e.g. subscriber); someone on the site has to click a link or open a page
Range from: CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by NVD

Details from the advisory

The Bold Page Builder plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's shortcode(s) in all versions up to, and including, 4.8.0 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with contributor-level and above permissions to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

NVD CVE-2024-1159 Wordfence advisory Code change (fix)

medium 5.4 CVE-2024-1160 · published 2024-02-13

Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) in Bold Page Builder (4.8.0 and older)

Affected: 4.8.0 and older
Fixed in: 4.9.8 *
Access needed (per CVSS): Needs a low-level account (e.g. subscriber); someone on the site has to click a link or open a page
Range from: CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by Wordfence

Details from the advisory

The Bold Page Builder plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's Icon Link in all versions up to, and including, 4.8.0 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with contributor-level and above permissions to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. CVE-2024-30442 is likely a duplicate of this issue.

NVD CVE-2024-1160 Wordfence advisory Code change (fix)

medium 5.4 CVE-2023-49823 · published 2023-12-15

Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) in Bold Page Builder (4.6.1 and older)

Affected: 4.6.1 and older
Fixed in: 4.7.0
Access needed (per CVSS): Needs a low-level account (e.g. subscriber); someone on the site has to click a link or open a page
Range from: CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by NVD

Details from the advisory

NVD CVE-2023-49823 Patchstack advisory

medium 4.8 CVE-2022-2089 · published 2022-07-11

Cross-site scripting (XSS) in Bold Page Builder (older than 4.3.3)

Affected: older than 4.3.3
Fixed in: 4.3.3
Access needed (per CVSS): Needs an admin-level account; someone on the site has to click a link or open a page
Range from: NVD analysis · score by NVD

Details from the advisory

The Bold Page Builder WordPress plugin before 4.3.3 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when unfiltered_html is disallowed.

NVD CVE-2022-2089 WPScan advisory

high 8.8 CVE-2021-24579 · published 2021-08-30

PHP object injection in Bold Page Builder (older than 3.1.6)

Affected: older than 3.1.6
Fixed in: 3.1.6
Access needed (per CVSS): Needs a low-level account (e.g. subscriber)
Range from: NVD analysis · score by NVD

Details from the advisory

The bt_bb_get_grid AJAX action of the Bold Page Builder WordPress plugin before 3.1.6 passes user input into the unserialize() function without any validation or sanitisation, which could lead to a PHP Object Injection. Even though the plugin did not contain a suitable gadget to fully exploit the issue, other installed plugins on the blog could allow such issue to be exploited and lead to RCE in some cases.

NVD CVE-2021-24579 WPScan advisory

high 7.5 CVE-2019-15821 · published 2019-08-30

Security issue in Bold Page Builder (older than 2.3.2)

Affected: older than 2.3.2
Fixed in: 2.3.2
Access needed (per CVSS): No login needed
Range from: NVD analysis · score by NVD

Details from the advisory

The bold-page-builder plugin before 2.3.2 for WordPress has no protection against modifying settings and importing data.

NVD CVE-2019-15821 wordpress.org blog.nintechnet.com wpvulndb.com

Recent activity

2026-11-03 — latest release on wordpress.org (5.9.11).
2026-09-30 — Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) disclosed (CVE-2026-88037), fixed in 5.7.3.
2026-09-30 — Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) disclosed (CVE-2026-6170), fixed in 5.7.3.
2026-09-30 — Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) disclosed (CVE-2026-6171), fixed in 5.7.3.

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Types found in this plugin: Cross-site scripting (XSS) (42) · Path traversal and file read (1) · Missing authorization (1) · PHP object injection (1)

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Vulnerabilities: NIST National Vulnerability Database (NVD), checked 2026-11-04. This product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.
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Known vulnerabilities

Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) in Bold Page Builder (5.7.2 and older)

Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) in Bold Page Builder (5.7.2 and older)

Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) in Bold Page Builder (5.7.2 and older)

Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) in Bold Page Builder (5.7.2 and older)

Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) in Bold Page Builder (5.7.2 and older)

Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) in Bold Page Builder (5.9.6 and older)

Cross-site scripting (XSS) in Bold Page Builder (5.9.9 and older)

Cross-site scripting (XSS) in Bold Page Builder (older than 5.9.9)

Cross-site scripting (XSS) in Bold Page Builder (older than 5.9.8)

Cross-site scripting (XSS) in Bold Page Builder (older than 5.9.8)

Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) in Bold Page Builder (5.6.8 and older)

Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) in Bold Page Builder (5.6.8 and older)

Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) in Bold Page Builder (5.6.9 and older)

Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) in Bold Page Builder (5.5.1 and older)

Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) in Bold Page Builder (5.5.3 and older)

Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) in Bold Page Builder (5.6.1 and older)

Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) in Bold Page Builder (5.4.8 and older)

Cross-site scripting (XSS) in Bold Page Builder (5.5.2 and older)

Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) in Bold Page Builder (5.4.5 and older)

Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) in Bold Page Builder (5.4.3 and older)

Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) in Bold Page Builder (5.4.1 and older)

Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) in Bold Page Builder (5.3.6 and older)

Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) in Bold Page Builder (5.3.5 and older)

Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) in Bold Page Builder (5.3.0 and older)

Cross-site scripting (XSS) in Bold Page Builder (5.3.2 and older)

Path traversal / file read in Bold Page Builder (5.1.5 and older)

Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) in Bold Page Builder (5.2.1 and older)

Missing authorization check in Bold Page Builder (5.1.3 and older)

Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) in Bold Page Builder (5.1.1 and older)

Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) in Bold Page Builder (5.1.1 and older)

Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) in Bold Page Builder (5.0.2 and older)

Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) in Bold Page Builder (4.8.8 and older)

Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) in Bold Page Builder (4.8.8 and older)

Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) in Bold Page Builder (4.8.8 and older)

Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) in Bold Page Builder (4.8.8 and older)

Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) in Bold Page Builder (4.8.8 and older)

Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) in Bold Page Builder (4.8.8 and older)

Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) in Bold Page Builder (4.8.0 and older)

Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) in Bold Page Builder (4.7.6 and older)

Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) in Bold Page Builder (4.8.0 and older)

Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) in Bold Page Builder (4.8.0 and older)

Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) in Bold Page Builder (4.8.0 and older)

Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) in Bold Page Builder (4.6.1 and older)

Cross-site scripting (XSS) in Bold Page Builder (older than 4.3.3)

PHP object injection in Bold Page Builder (older than 3.1.6)

Security issue in Bold Page Builder (older than 2.3.2)

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