XSS in Bold Page Builder

CVE-2026-84028

The Bold Page Builder WordPress plugin before 5.9.9 does not sanitise and escape a shortcode attribute before outputting it in an HTML attribute, 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-2026-84028: 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-2026-84028?
CVE-2026-84028 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Bold Page Builder, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.8/10. Published 2026-09-06.
How severe is CVE-2026-84028?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.8 out of 10.