Stored Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability in Bold Timeline Lite Plugin for WordPress
CVE-2026-7438

6.4MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor

WordPress
Status
Bold Timeline Lite
Vendor
CVE Published:
11 September 2026

What is CVE-2026-7438?

The Bold Timeline Lite plugin for WordPress contains a vulnerability that allows authenticated users with Contributor-level access and above to exploit the supertitle and subtitle attributes in the bold_timeline_item shortcode. Due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping, attackers can inject arbitrary web scripts into pages. This malicious script will execute whenever a user accesses the compromised page, posing significant risks to site security and user data integrity.

Affected Version(s)

Bold Timeline Lite 0 <= 1.2.8

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id...
https://wordpress.org/plugins/bold-timeline-lite
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/bold-timeline-...

CVSS V3.1

Score:
6.4
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
Low
Integrity:
Low
Availability:
Low
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Changed

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

zaim
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