CVE-2025-14032
MediumCVSS 6.4Exploitation Probability (EPSS)
Low risk19th percentile - higher than 19% of all known CVEs
Summary
The Bold Timeline Lite plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'title' parameter in the 'bold_timeline_group' shortcode in all versions up to and including 1.2.7 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. 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.
Risk Assessment
Stored XSS could allow an attacker to execute scripts in other users' browsers, potentially leading to session theft, account takeover, or malware distribution.
Recommendation
Update the Bold Timeline Lite plugin to the latest version. Additionally, administrators should restrict Contributor permissions and regularly review content for malicious code.
Other vulnerabilities in Bold Timeline Lite
See all- CVE-2026-7438Medium
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.
- CVE-2025-68513Medium
The Bold Timeline Lite plugin up to version 1.2.7 contains a Stored Cross-site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability that allows an attacker to inject a persistent script into the website.
Original NVD description (English source)
The Bold Timeline Lite plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'title' parameter in the 'bold_timeline_group' shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 1.2.7 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. 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.
Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS

