CVE-2025-47488: 
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

A Cross-site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability was discovered in boldthemes Bold Page Builder plugin affecting versions through 5.3.2. The vulnerability was disclosed on May 7, 2025, and was assigned CVE-2025-47488. The issue specifically involves DOM-Based XSS in the Bold Page Builder WordPress plugin (Wiz).

The vulnerability is classified as an Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (Cross-site Scripting) issue. It has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 base score of 6.5 (Medium severity) with the following vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L. The vulnerability requires low attack complexity, low privileges, and user interaction for successful exploitation (NVD, Wiz).

This vulnerability could allow a malicious actor to inject malicious scripts, including redirects, advertisements, and other HTML payloads into the website. These injected scripts would be executed when guests visit the affected site (Patchstack).

The vulnerability has an Exploitation Probability Percentile (EPSS) of 8.4. It requires low attack complexity and low privileges for exploitation, though user interaction is necessary. No public exploits have been reported at this time (Wiz).

The vulnerability has been fixed in version 5.3.3 of the Bold Page Builder plugin. Users are advised to update to version 5.3.3 or later to remove the vulnerability. Patchstack users can enable auto-update for vulnerable plugins (Patchstack).