What is CVE-2026-6171?

CVE-2026-6171 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Boldthemes Bold Page Builder, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.4/10. Published 2026-09-30.

How severe is CVE-2026-6171?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.4 out of 10.

XSS in Boldthemes Bold Page Builder

CVE-2026-6171

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.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2026-09-30 · last modified 2026-09-30.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

No EPSS score from FIRST.org yet. New CVEs usually get one within a few days; no score means no signal yet, not low risk. How EPSS works.

Affected products

Boldthemes Bold Page Builder

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-6171?: CVE-2026-6171 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Boldthemes Bold Page Builder, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.4/10. Published 2026-09-30.
How severe is CVE-2026-6171?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.4 out of 10.