Bold Page BuilderWordPress extension · Bold Themes
CVE-2024-50417
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedMissing Authorization vulnerability in boldthemes Bold Page Builder bold-page-builder allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Bold Page Builder: from n/a through <= 5.1.3.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · moderate confidenceThis is a missing authorization (broken access control) vulnerability in the Bold Page Builder WordPress plugin. The vulnerability allows attackers to exploit incorrectly configured access control security levels, potentially enabling unauthorized access to administrative functions or sensitive data due to missing permission checks on certain actions or endpoints.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data
Bold Page BuilderWordPress extension
< 5.1.4CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Check Bold Page Builder versionIn WordPress admin, go to Plugins > Installed Plugins > Bold Page Builder and note the version number displayed. Alternatively, check the plugin's main PHP file header or version.php for the 'Version' constant.Affected if version displayed is lower than 5.1.4 (for example, 5.1.3, 5.0.0, etc.)
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Confirm plugin is activeIn WordPress admin, go to Plugins > Installed Plugins and verify that Bold Page Builder shows as 'Active' under the plugin status.Affected if plugin shows as Active and version is below 5.1.4
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Identify administrative endpointsReview server access logs (Apache/Nginx) for POST/GET requests to wp-admin/admin-ajax.php or wp-json/bold-page-builder/* endpoints that may indicate plugin administrative functions are exposed.Affected if unusual or unauthorized requests to plugin-related endpoints are present in logs and plugin version is below 5.1.4
Your environment is affected if the Bold Page Builder plugin is active and running any version lower than 5.1.4, as the missing authorization checks could allow unauthorized administrative access.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
dbcve · scoped5.1.4
Update Bold Page Builder to the latest version which includes proper authorization checks. If no update is available, restrict access to the plugin's administrative functions via server-side authentication or web application firewall rules until a patch is released.
5.1.4
- Backup your WordPress site before performing any plugin updates
- Update Bold Page Builder plugin to version 5.1.4 or later via the WordPress admin dashboard (Plugins > Updates) or by uploading the new version
- Verify the update was successful by checking the installed plugin version number
- Test that the page builder functionality works correctly after the update
Generated from the published advisory — verify against the referenced sources before acting.
Fix this in Bold Page Builder
Scoped from the published advisory
- Consultation2.0 h
- Implementation4.0 h
- Testing2.0 h
- Review / QA1.0 h
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
Primary sourcesPractitioner notes
ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2024-50417 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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