Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability in jQuery Colorbox Plugin for WordPress
CVE-2025-3650

3.5LOW

Key Information:

Vendor

WordPress
Status
Jquery Colorbox
Vendor
CVE Published:
12 September 2025

Badges

👾 Exploit Exists🟡 Public PoC

What is CVE-2025-3650?

The jQuery Colorbox plugin for WordPress, up to version 4.6.3, contains a vulnerability that allows users with contributor-level permissions to carry out Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) attacks. This occurs because the plugin fails to sanitize title attributes on links before rendering them, potentially enabling an attacker to inject malicious scripts that could compromise the security of site administrators. Proper sanitization and validation measures are critical to protect against this type of exploitation.

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Affected Version(s)

jQuery Colorbox 0 <= 4.6.3

Exploit Proof of Concept (PoC)

PoC code is written by security researchers to demonstrate the vulnerability can be exploited. PoC code is also a key component for weaponization which could lead to ransomware.

CVE-2025-3650 - Proof of Concept

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/5afdd448-0f7e-409e-a47b-...
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CVSS V3.1

Score:
3.5
Severity:
LOW
Confidentiality:
Low
Integrity:
Low
Availability:
Low
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
High
User Interaction:
Required
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • 🟡

    Public PoC available

  • 👾

    Exploit known to exist

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Pierre Rudloff
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