---
id: CVE-2026-7438
title: >-
  The Bold Timeline Lite plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site
  Scripting via the `supertitle` and `subtitle` attributes of the
  `bold_timeline_item` shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 1.2.8 due
  to insufficient…
summary: >-
  The Bold Timeline Lite plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site
  Scripting via the `supertitle` and `subtitle` attributes of the
  `bold_timeline_item` shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 1.2.8 due
  to insufficient…
severity: medium
cvss: 6.4
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N'
cwe:
  - CWE-79
vendor: boldthemes
product: Bold Timeline Lite
affected:
  - bold_timeline_lite <= 1.2.8
published: '2026-09-11'
updated: '2026-09-11'
sourceUpdated: '2026-09-11T14:17:34.480'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-7438'
references:
  - url: >-
      https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/bold-timeline-lite/tags/1.2.8/assets/views/bold_timeline_item_view.php#L202
    label: security@wordfence.com
  - url: >-
      https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/bold-timeline-lite/tags/1.2.8/assets/views/bold_timeline_item_view.php#L204
    label: security@wordfence.com
  - url: >-
      https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/bold-timeline-lite/tags/1.2.8/content_elements/bold_timeline_item/bold_timeline_item.php#L10
    label: security@wordfence.com
  - url: >-
      https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/bold-timeline-lite/trunk/assets/views/bold_timeline_item_view.php#L202
    label: security@wordfence.com
  - url: >-
      https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/bold-timeline-lite/trunk/assets/views/bold_timeline_item_view.php#L204
    label: security@wordfence.com
  - url: >-
      https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&new=3556837%40bold-timeline-lite%2Ftrunk%2Fassets%2Fviews%2Fbold_timeline_item_view.php&old=3417223%40bold-timeline-lite%2Ftrunk%2Fassets%2Fviews%2Fbold_timeline_item_view.php&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
    label: security@wordfence.com
  - url: 'https://wordpress.org/plugins/bold-timeline-lite'
    label: security@wordfence.com
  - url: >-
      https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/e739b324-f833-4b31-8d4c-40538c924ddf?source=cve
    label: security@wordfence.com
tags:
  - nvd
  - cve.org
ssvc:
  exploitation: none
  automatable: 'no'
  technicalImpact: partial
  timestamp: '2026-09-11T13:37:21.704766Z'
epss: 0.00357
epssPercentile: 0.26892
ingestedAt: '2026-09-11T16:45:47.859Z'
---

## Overview

The Bold Timeline Lite plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the `supertitle` and `subtitle` attributes of the `bold_timeline_item` shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 1.2.8 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.

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.