CVE-2025-3715
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

The Bold Page Builder plugin for WordPress contains a Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability (CVE-2025-3715) discovered in all versions up to and including 5.3.5. The vulnerability was disclosed on May 18, 2025, affecting the data-text parameter due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping (NVD).

Technical details

The vulnerability is classified as a Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) issue, identified as CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation). It has received a CVSS v3.1 base score of 6.4 (MEDIUM) with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N (NVD).

Impact

When exploited, this vulnerability allows authenticated attackers with Contributor-level access or higher to inject arbitrary web scripts into pages. These malicious scripts will execute whenever any user accesses the compromised page (NVD).

Mitigation and workarounds

Users should upgrade to version 5.3.6 which contains security improvements. The patch was released on May 13, 2025, addressing the XSS vulnerability (WordPress Plugin). Until upgrading is possible, it is recommended to restrict access to the Bold Page Builder plugin to trusted users only.

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