CVE-2025-3516

Simple Lightbox < 2.9.4 - Contributor+ Stored XSS

Published May 16, 2025 CVSS 3.1 · 5.9 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
The Simple Lightbox WordPress plugin before 2.9.4 does not validate and escape some of its attributes before outputting them back in a page/post, which could allow users with the contributor role and above to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2025-15412 The Simple Lightbox WordPress plugin before 2.9.4 does not validate and escape some of its attributes before outputting them back in a page/post, which could allow users with the contributor role and above to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks.
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Archetyped
Archetyped simple Lightbox
Weaknesses CWE-79
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:archetyped:simple_lightbox:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
Vendors & Products Archetyped
Archetyped simple Lightbox
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.9, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description The Simple Lightbox WordPress plugin before 2.9.4 does not validate and escape some of its attributes before outputting them back in a page/post, which could allow users with the contributor role and above to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks.
Title Simple Lightbox < 2.9.4 - Contributor+ Stored XSS
References
Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
WPScan
Published
Updated
May 16, 2025, 5:10 PM
Reserved
Apr 11, 2025, 12:25 PM
Status
Analyzed
Published
May 16, 2025, 6:15 AM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 9:20 AM