CVE-2025-12803 (GCVE-0-2025-12803)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-02-07 05:52 – Updated: 2026-04-08 16:57
VLAI
Title
Bold Builder <= 5.5.1 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via bt_bb_tabs Shortcode
Summary
The Bold Page Builder plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin 'bt_bb_tabs' shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 5.5.1 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. 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
6.4 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-02-09 15:19 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-80 - Improper Neutralization of Script-Related HTML Tags in a Web Page (Basic XSS)
Assigner
Wordfence CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard C 65/100 over 2310 records in the last 180 days details
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
boldthemes Bold Page Builder Affected: 0 , ≤ 5.5.1 (semver)
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Credits
Muhammad Yudha - DJ
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