WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities

Multiple Plugins <= (Various Versions) - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored DOM-Based Cross-Site Scripting via SimpleLightbox JavaScript Library

Description

Multiple plugins for WordPress are vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's bundled SimpleLightbox JavaScript library (version 2.1.5) in various versions 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.

Affects Plugins

No known fix
Fixed in 3.59.5

References

Classification

Type
XSS
CWE

Miscellaneous

Original Researcher
Webbernaut
Verified
No

Timeline

Publicly Published
2025-05-19 (about 11 months ago)
Added
2025-05-19 (about 11 months ago)
Last Updated
2025-05-20 (about 11 months ago)

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