CVE-2025-68513
MediumCVSS 6.5Exploitation Probability (EPSS)
Low risk5th percentile - higher than 5% of all known CVEs
Summary
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.
Risk Assessment
An attacker can inject a malicious script that will execute in users' browsers, potentially leading to session theft, account takeover, or malware distribution.
Recommendation
Update the Bold Timeline Lite plugin to the latest version that includes a fix for the XSS vulnerability.
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-2025-14032Medium
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.
Original NVD description (English source)
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in boldthemes Bold Timeline Lite bold-timeline-lite allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Bold Timeline Lite: from n/a through <= 1.2.7.
Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS