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CVE-2026-5920: Bold Page Builder <= 5.9.6 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'shortcode_content' Parameter

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.4 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2026-09-16 · updated 2026-09-16
• Weakness: CWE-79

Description

The Bold Page Builder plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'shortcode_content' parameter of the bt_bb_shortcode shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 5.9.6. This is due to a bypassable security filter (bt_bb_save_pre) that can be circumvented via null byte injection, combined with insufficient output sanitization of base64-decoded content in the bt_bb_raw_content shortcode handler. 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.

Affected products

• boldthemes Bold Page Builder: through 5.9.6

References

• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3668982/bold-page-builder/trunk/content_elements/bt_bb_raw_content/bt_bb_raw_content.php
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/629fee36-1fea-4a4d-acc2-9ba18d0b6487?source=cve

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