Stored Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability in WordPress Plugins Affected by SimpleLightbox Library
CVE-2024-5878
Key Information:
- Vendor
WordPress
- Vendor
- CVE Published:
- 20 May 2025
What is CVE-2024-5878?
Multiple plugins for WordPress are found to be susceptible to stored cross-site scripting (XSS) through the use of the SimpleLightbox JavaScript library version 2.1.5. This vulnerability arises from inadequate sanitization of user-supplied input and insufficient escaping of outputs related to the attributes used within the plugins. An attacker who has contributor-level access or higher can exploit this weakness by injecting malicious web scripts into pages. When users access the compromised pages, these scripts will execute in their browsers, potentially leading to unauthorized data access or other malicious actions.

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Affected Version(s)
Photo Gallery, Sliders, Proofing and Themes β NextGEN Gallery * <= 3.59.4
Simplelightbox * <= 2.14.4
References
CVSS V3.1
Timeline
Vulnerability published
Vulnerability Reserved