CVE-2024-5668

MEDIUM

FooBox < 2.7.28 - Authenticated DOM-based Stored Cross-Site Scripting via HTML Data Attributes

Title source: llm

Description

The Lightbox & Modal Popup WordPress Plugin – FooBox plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to DOM-based Stored Cross-Site Scripting via HTML data attributes in all versions up to, and including, 2.7.28 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.

References (2)

Core 2

Core References

Patch

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3130678/foobox-image-lightbox

Third Party Advisory

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/923f9e66-2e26-4ec2-a4b3-439881a6ca10?source=cve

Scores

CVSS v3 6.4

EPSS 0.0030

EPSS Percentile 21.9%

Attack Vector NETWORK

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE

CWE-79

Status published

Products (2)

fooplugins/Lightbox & Modal Popup WordPress Plugin – FooBox < 2.7.28

themergency/foobox < 2.7.32

Published Aug 08, 2024

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026