XSS in Bold Page Builder

CVE-2026-84022

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.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published · last modified .

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.8 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.004 (36.0th percentile), scored .

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 36th percentile — 36.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2026-84022: held from 0.002 to 0.004.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.002 · newest: 0.004 · change: +0.002

Affected products

  • Bold Page Builder

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-84022?
CVE-2026-84022 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Bold Page Builder, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.8/10. Published 2026-09-05.
How severe is CVE-2026-84022?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.8 out of 10.