---
id: CVE-2026-84022
title: >-
  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 t…
summary: >-
  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 t…
severity: medium
cvss: 6.8
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'
cwe:
  - CWE-79
published: '2026-09-05'
updated: '2026-09-08'
sourceUpdated: '2026-09-08T19:09:21.310'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-84022'
references:
  - url: 'https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/53bbe80c-caea-4893-82a6-03e5173390de/'
    label: contact@wpscan.com
tags:
  - nvd
epss: 0.00431
epssPercentile: 0.34622
ingestedAt: '2026-09-06T05:50:39.535Z'
---

## Overview

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.

## Remediation

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