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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.","severity":{"version":"3.1","score":6.4,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N","level":"medium","assessor":"cna","from":"cve"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-11","score":0.00152,"percentile":0.04367,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":false},"cwes":["CWE-79"],"published":"2026-09-30T07:41:06Z","modified":"2026-09-30T16:18:39Z","products":[{"vendor":"boldthemes","product":"bold page builder"}],"references":[{"url":"https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/74315031-8498-4ae5-bcfc-ba22af4b58dc?source=cve"},{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3526548/bold-page-builder/trunk/content_elements/bt_bb_icon/bt_bb_icon.php"},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-6171"},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-x5jx-427m-pcfr"}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2026-6171","title":"Bold Page Builder \u003c= 5.7.2 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'target' Shortcode Attribute","description":"The Bold Page Builder plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'target' parameter of the plugin's bt_bb_icon shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 5.7.2 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user-supplied attributes. 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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.","status":"published","published":"2026-09-30T09:31:10Z","modified":"2026-09-30T09:31:20Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":6.4,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N","level":"medium"}],"cwes":["CWE-79"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:12:35.884172Z"}],"nvd":[{"id":"CVE-2026-6171","description":"The Bold Page Builder plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'target' parameter of the plugin's bt_bb_icon shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 5.7.2 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user-supplied attributes. 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