CVE-2022-2089: Bold Page Builder < 4.3.3 - Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2022-07-11 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

The Bold Page Builder WordPress plugin before 4.3.3 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when unfiltered_html is disallowed.

Affected products

boldthemes Bold Page Builder: before 4.3.3 — fixed in 4.3.3

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: boldthemes Bold Page Builder 4.3.3. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/9fe7e9d5-7bdf-4ade-9a3c-b4af863fa4e8
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/9fe7e9d5-7bdf-4ade-9a3c-b4af863fa4e8

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