What is CVE-2024-1160?

CVE-2024-1160 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Bold-Themes Bold Page Builder, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2024-02-13.

How severe is CVE-2024-1160?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.

Is CVE-2024-1160 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

XSS in Bold-Themes Bold Page Builder

CVE-2024-1160

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.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.004 (30.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Bold-themes Bold_page_builder
Boldthemes Bold Page Builder — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

20142995/nuclei-templates

References

security@wordfence.com (Third Party Advisory)
security@wordfence.com (Patch)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-1160?: CVE-2024-1160 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Bold-Themes Bold Page Builder, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2024-02-13.
How severe is CVE-2024-1160?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-1160 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.