CVE-2026-84021: CWE-79 Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in Bold Page Builder
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.
CVE-2026-84021: CWE-79 Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in Bold Page Builder
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.
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Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- WPScan
- Date Reserved
- 2026-09-01T01:46:20.094Z
- Cvss Version
- null
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Remediation Level
- null
Threat ID: 6a9bb8b7acd9273b49723b7b
Added to database: 09/05/2026, 06:37:43 UTC
Last updated: 09/06/2026, 02:52:00 UTC
Views: 14
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