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CVE-2026-84022 (GCVE-0-2026-84022)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-09-05 06:00 – Updated: 2026-09-06 10:38

Title

Bold Page Builder < 5.9.8 - Contributor+ Stored XSS via Multiple Shortcode Element Attributes

Summary

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.

Severity

6.8 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2026-09-06 10:29 UTC

CWE

CWE-79 Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

Assigner

WPScan mitre root

References

1 reference

URL	Tags
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/53bbe80c-caea-48…	exploitvdb-entrytechnical-description

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version	CPE status
Unknown	Bold Page Builder	Affected: 0 , < 5.9.8 (semver)	guessed

Credits

Revanth Hari Narayana Matte WPScan

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FKIE_CVE-2026-84022

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-09-05 07:17 - Updated: 2026-09-06 11:18

Severity

6.8 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Summary

References

	URL	Tags
	contact@wpscan.com	https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/53bbe80c-caea-4893-82a6-03e5173390de/

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version

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GHSA-5Q9Q-VPGG-V6HG

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-09-05 09:30 – Updated: 2026-09-06 12:30

Details

Severity

6.8 (Medium)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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  "modified": "2026-09-06T12:30:22Z",
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Sightings

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Nomenclature

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