CVE-2026-7438

MEDIUMPre-NVD 6.46.4—
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 6.4 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2026-09-11. A secondary CVSS source baseline 6.4; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, secondary
Trending — 3 sources updated this week
6.4EG
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0.4%CVSS: 6.4Exploit: None knownExposed services: Not assessed

No fix is confirmed yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for the fix.

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 v3
6.4
EG Score
6.4MEDIUMhigh confidence
EG Risk
29
EG Risk 29/100CISA SSVC

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity64% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
CISA SSVC: Track at every mission impact level.
Action: No fix is confirmed yet. Restrict network exposure of the affected system or apply the vendor's mitigation within your standard update timelines, and watch the vendor's advisory for the fix.
EPSS PROB
0.4%
EPSS %ILE
27th
KEV
Not listed

CISA SSVCTrack at every mission impact level.

No fix is confirmed yet. Restrict network exposure of the affected system or apply the vendor's mitigation within your standard update timelines, and watch the vendor's advisory for the fix.

Exploitation none (CISA Vulnrichment) · Automatable no (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact partial (CISA Vulnrichment). Mission impact is CISA's Mission & Well-being decision point, and only you can judge it: high means the affected system is essential to your organisation's mission, or its compromise could cause irreversible harm to people. CISA's decision table

Published

September 11, 2026

Last Modified

September 11, 2026

Advisory Details (1)

Auto-updated Sep 11, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.
generic

Bold Timeline Lite – WordPress plugin | WordPress.org

https://wordpress.org/plugins/bold-timeline-lite

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-7438(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 22× in last 7d / 78× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

  1. 2026-10-05 09:41 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-10-05 09:41 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-10-04 23:22 UTCEPSS rescore
  4. 2026-10-04 10:00 UTCEG score recompute
  5. 2026-10-04 10:00 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-10-03 14:26 UTCEPSS rescore
  7. 2026-10-03 10:18 UTCEG score recompute
  8. 2026-10-03 10:18 UTCGHSA enrichment
  9. 2026-10-02 17:57 UTCEPSS rescore
  10. 2026-10-02 10:04 UTCEG score recompute
  11. 2026-10-02 10:04 UTCGHSA enrichment
  12. 2026-10-01 19:50 UTCEPSS rescore
  13. 2026-10-01 10:23 UTCEG score recompute
  14. 2026-10-01 10:23 UTCGHSA enrichment
  15. 2026-09-30 10:41 UTCEG score recompute
  16. 2026-09-30 10:41 UTCGHSA enrichment
  17. 2026-09-29 15:24 UTCEPSS rescore
  18. 2026-09-29 10:52 UTCEG score recompute
  19. 2026-09-29 10:52 UTCGHSA enrichment
  20. 2026-09-28 13:52 UTCEPSS rescore
  21. 2026-09-28 10:42 UTCEG score recompute
  22. 2026-09-28 10:42 UTCGHSA enrichment
  23. 2026-09-27 13:48 UTCEPSS rescore
  24. 2026-09-27 10:51 UTCEG score recompute
  25. 2026-09-27 10:51 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  1. 2026-09-26 15:59 UTCEPSS rescore
  2. 2026-09-26 10:48 UTCEG score recompute
  3. 2026-09-26 10:48 UTCGHSA enrichment
  4. 2026-09-26 00:28 UTCEPSS rescore
  5. 2026-09-25 10:57 UTCEG score recompute
  6. 2026-09-25 10:57 UTCGHSA enrichment
  7. 2026-09-24 14:04 UTCEPSS rescore
  8. 2026-09-24 11:02 UTCEG score recompute
  9. 2026-09-24 11:02 UTCGHSA enrichment
  10. 2026-09-23 17:54 UTCEPSS rescore
  11. 2026-09-23 11:20 UTCEG score recompute
  12. 2026-09-23 11:20 UTCGHSA enrichment
  13. 2026-09-22 16:01 UTCEPSS rescore
  14. 2026-09-22 11:38 UTCEG score recompute
  15. 2026-09-22 11:38 UTCGHSA enrichment
  16. 2026-09-21 21:09 UTCEPSS rescore
  17. 2026-09-21 11:57 UTCEG score recompute
  18. 2026-09-21 11:57 UTCGHSA enrichment
  19. 2026-09-20 20:16 UTCEPSS rescore
  20. 2026-09-20 12:15 UTCEG score recompute
  21. 2026-09-20 12:15 UTCGHSA enrichment
  22. 2026-09-19 12:21 UTCEG score recompute
  23. 2026-09-19 12:21 UTCGHSA enrichment
  24. 2026-09-18 19:28 UTCEPSS rescore
  25. 2026-09-18 12:40 UTCEG score recompute
  26. 2026-09-18 12:40 UTCGHSA enrichment
  27. 2026-09-17 12:59 UTCEG score recompute
  28. 2026-09-17 12:59 UTCGHSA enrichment
  29. 2026-09-16 14:08 UTCEPSS rescore
  30. 2026-09-16 13:03 UTCEG score recompute
  31. 2026-09-16 13:03 UTCGHSA enrichment
  32. 2026-09-16 05:15 UTCEPSS rescore
  33. 2026-09-15 13:22 UTCEG score recompute
  34. 2026-09-15 13:22 UTCGHSA enrichment
  35. 2026-09-15 03:12 UTCEPSS rescore
  36. 2026-09-15 03:12 UTCEPSS rescore
  37. 2026-09-14 13:40 UTCEG score recompute
  38. 2026-09-14 13:40 UTCGHSA enrichment
  39. 2026-09-13 13:46 UTCEG score recompute
  40. 2026-09-13 13:46 UTCGHSA enrichment
  41. 2026-09-12 14:05 UTCEG score recompute
  42. 2026-09-12 14:05 UTCGHSA enrichment
  43. 2026-09-11 14:53 UTCEPSS rescore
  44. 2026-09-11 14:53 UTCEPSS rescore
  45. 2026-09-11 14:23 UTCEG score recompute
  46. 2026-09-11 14:23 UTCGHSA enrichment
  47. 2026-09-11 13:50 UTCEG score recompute
  48. 2026-09-11 13:50 UTCGHSA enrichment
  49. 2026-09-11 13:32 UTCEG score recompute
  50. 2026-09-11 13:32 UTCGHSA enrichment
  51. 2026-09-11 04:20 UTCEG score recompute
  52. 2026-09-11 03:50 UTCEG score recompute
  53. 2026-09-11 03:49 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-7438?
CVE-2026-7438 is a medium vulnerability published on September 11, 2026. The Bold Timeline Lite plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the supertitle and subtitle attributes of the boldtimelineitem shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 1.2.8 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes.…
When was CVE-2026-7438 disclosed?
CVE-2026-7438 was first published on September 11, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-7438 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-7438 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days (27th percentile of EPSS-scored CVEs).
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-7438?
CVE-2026-7438 has a CVSS base score of 6.4 (a secondary CVSS source that NVD displays; NVD's own analysis pending).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-7438?
No fix for CVE-2026-7438 is confirmed yet. Until one is published, restrict network exposure of the affected system or apply the vendor's mitigation — for example, keep it off the internet or limit it to trusted networks — and watch the vendor's advisory for the fix. The vendor advisories EchelonGraph has for CVE-2026-7438 are linked in the Vendor Advisories panel on this page.

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