WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities

Strong Testimonials < 3.3.9 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'lightbox_class' Shortcode Attribute

Description

The Strong Testimonials plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'lightbox_class' Shortcode Attribute in all versions up to, and including, 3.3.8 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. Exploitation requires that the targeted testimonial view has at least one published testimonial with a featured image and the lightbox wrapper enabled, as the vulnerable code path is only reached when a thumbnail is rendered.

Affects Plugins

Fixed in 3.3.9

References

Classification

Type
XSS
CWE

Miscellaneous

Original Researcher
pb>sec
Verified
No

Timeline

Publicly Published
2026-09-17 (about 29 days ago)
Added
2026-09-17 (about 29 days ago)
Last Updated
2026-09-18 (about 28 days ago)

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