CVE-2025-3516

MEDIUM

Simple Lightbox < 2.9.4 - Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Unsanitized Attributes

Title source: llm

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.

References (1)

Core 1

Core References

Exploit, Third Party Advisory exploit vdb-entry technical-description

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/336a78cd-297b-4f47-a007-e33eac7f1dad/

Scores

CVSS v3 5.9

EPSS 0.0028

EPSS Percentile 19.6%

Attack Vector NETWORK

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

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE

CWE-79

Status published

Products (1)

archetyped/simple_lightbox < 2.9.4

Published May 16, 2025

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026