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CVE-2026-7438
Bold Timeline Lite <= 1.2.8 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode Attributes
Medium6.4EPSS 0.36%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- Wordfence
Description
The Bold Timeline Lite plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the `supertitle` and `subtitle` attributes of the `bold_timeline_item` shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 1.2.8 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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| WordfenceCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | Medium6.4 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N |
| NVDNVD · Deferred | 3.1 | Medium6.4 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.36% · top 70% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.4.
Weakness
Affected products
boldthemes · Bold Timeline Lite
- affected ≤ 1.2.8
References (8)
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/e739b324-f833-4b31-8d4c-40538c924ddf?source=cve (opens in a new tab)
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/bold-timeline-lite (opens in a new tab)
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/bold-timeline-lite/trunk/assets/views/bold_timeline_item_view.php#L202 (opens in a new tab)
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/bold-timeline-lite/tags/1.2.8/assets/views/bold_timeline_item_view.php#L202 (opens in a new tab)
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/bold-timeline-lite/trunk/assets/views/bold_timeline_item_view.php#L204 (opens in a new tab)
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/bold-timeline-lite/tags/1.2.8/assets/views/bold_timeline_item_view.php#L204 (opens in a new tab)
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/bold-timeline-lite/tags/1.2.8/content_elements/bold_timeline_item/bold_timeline_item.php#L10 (opens in a new tab)
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&new=3556837%40bold-timeline-lite%2Ftrunk%2Fassets%2Fviews%2Fbold_timeline_item_view.php&old=3417223%40bold-timeline-lite%2Ftrunk%2Fassets%2Fviews%2Fbold_timeline_item_view.php&sfp_email=&sfph_mail= (opens in a new tab)
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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