Stored Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability in Responsive Lightbox & Gallery Plugin by WordPress
CVE-2025-5093

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Key Information:

Vendor

WordPress

Vendor
CVE Published:
27 June 2025

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👾 Exploit Exists🟡 Public PoC

What is CVE-2025-5093?

The Responsive Lightbox & Gallery WordPress plugin prior to version 2.5.2 is affected by a vulnerability due to its use of the Swipebox library, which fails to validate and escape title attributes before rendering them on a page or post. This flaw allows users with a contributor role or higher to launch Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks, potentially compromising the security of the website by executing malicious scripts within the user’s browser.

Affected Version(s)

Responsive Lightbox & Gallery 0 < 2.5.2

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.

References

Timeline

  • 🟡

    Public PoC available

  • 👾

    Exploit known to exist

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Pierre Rudloff
WPScan
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CVE-2025-5093 : Stored Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability in Responsive Lightbox & Gallery Plugin by WordPress