CVE-2026-7438Bold Timeline Lite <= 1.2.8 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode Attributes
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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.
- CVSS
- 6.4 MEDIUM (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-79
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- Not loaded for this CVE
- Assigned by
- Wordfence
- NVD analysis
- Deferred
- Record last updated
- Sep 11, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
boldthemes Bold Timeline Lite boldthemes:bold_timeline_lite (from the name) | through 1.2.8 | CNA record |
References
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/e739b324-f833-4b31-8d4c-40538c924ddf?source=cve
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/bold-timeline-lite
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/bold-timeline-lite/trunk/assets/views/bold_timeline_item_view.php#L202
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/bold-timeline-lite/tags/1.2.8/assets/views/bold_timeline_item_view.php#L202
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/bold-timeline-lite/trunk/assets/views/bold_timeline_item_view.php#L204
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/bold-timeline-lite/tags/1.2.8/assets/views/bold_timeline_item_view.php#L204
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/bold-timeline-lite/tags/1.2.8/content_elements/bold_timeline_item/bold_timeline_item.php#L10
- 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=
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