6.8

CVE-2026-84022: unknown bold page builder Cross-site Scripting

CVSS: 6.8v3.1MediumDeferred
Published 05-09-2026Last modified 06-09-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2026-84022 is a medium (CVSS 6.8) Cross-site Scripting vulnerability in unknown bold page builder. EPSS estimates a 0.43% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 36% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded. Fixed in 5.9.8.

Overall risk
37/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
6.8/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.43%
0%100%
Low · +0.20 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits1reference

Timeline

  1. 05-09-2026
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-09-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

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.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.43%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

36%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.20 pp

From 0.24% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
0.43%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

1 found
  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (wpscan.com)

    Maturity: unknown

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Unknown1 product
Wordpress1 product
  • bold-page-builder< 5.9.8

2 vendors · 2 products

References

2 links