BoldThemes Bold Timeline Lite Plugin up to 1.2.7 on WordPress Shortcode bold_timeline_group Title cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as problematic has been found in BoldThemes Bold Timeline Lite Plugin up to 1.2.7 on WordPress. The affected element is the function bold_timeline_group of the component Shortcode Handler. Such manipulation of the argument Title leads to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2025-14032. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in BoldThemes Bold Timeline Lite Plugin up to 1.2.7 on WordPress. It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is the function bold_timeline_group of the component Shortcode Handler. The manipulation of the argument title with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-79. The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. Impacted is integrity. CVE summarizes:

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.

The weakness was disclosed by Djaidja Moundjid. The advisory is available at wordfence.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2025-14032 since 12/04/2025. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit. This vulnerability is assigned to T1059.007 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

Upgrading to version 1.2.7 eliminates this vulnerability.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.9
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.9

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VulDB Temp Score: 3.4
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Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-79 / CWE-94 / CWE-74
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Bold Timeline Lite Plugin 1.2.7

Timelineinfo

12/04/2025 CVE reserved
12/12/2025 +8 days Advisory disclosed
12/12/2025 +0 days VulDB entry created
12/12/2025 +0 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: wordfence.com
Researcher: Djaidja Moundjid
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2025-14032 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-14032
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-336122

Entryinfo

Created: 12/12/2025 07:35
Changes: 12/12/2025 07:35 (69)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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