Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2025-5286

CVE-2025-5286:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

CVE-2025-5286 affects the Bold Page Builder plugin for WordPress in versions up to and including 5.3.6. The vulnerability was discovered and disclosed on May 29, 2025. The issue is a Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the 'additional_settings' parameter due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping (NVD).

Technical details

The vulnerability is classified as CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (Cross-site Scripting). 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, Rapid7).

Impact

The vulnerability allows authenticated attackers with Contributor-level access or higher to inject arbitrary web scripts into pages. These malicious scripts will execute whenever a user accesses an affected page, potentially leading to theft of sensitive information or manipulation of page content (NVD).

Mitigation and workarounds

The vulnerability has been patched in version 5.3.7 of the Bold Page Builder plugin. Users are advised to update to this version immediately. The update includes security improvements and enhanced input validation (WordPress Plugin).

Additional resources

Source: This report was generated using AI

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