CVE-2025-47525: 
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

A Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability has been identified in boldthemes Bold Page Builder through version 5.3.0. The vulnerability was discovered by Nabil Irawan and publicly disclosed on May 7, 2025. This security issue affects the WordPress plugin Bold Page Builder and is tracked as CVE-2025-47525 (Wiz, NVD).

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 5.9 (Medium severity) with the following vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L. The vulnerability requires high privileges and user interaction to exploit, with the attack vector being network-accessible (Wiz, Patchstack).

The 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. The impact is considered low severity due to the high privileges required for exploitation (Patchstack).

The vulnerability has been patched in Bold Page Builder version 5.3.1. Users are advised to update to version 5.3.1 or later to remove the vulnerability. Patchstack users can enable auto-update functionality for vulnerable plugins as an additional security measure (Patchstack).