Vulnerability · Published Nov 18, 2025 · Assigned by Wordfence
CVE-2025-12691Photonic Gallery & Lightbox for Flickr, SmugMug & Others <= 3.21 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Caption Attribute
Medium 6.4
In plain English
A medium-severity cross-site scripting in Photonic Gallery & Lightbox for Flickr, SmugMug & Others from sayontan. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 10% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
The Photonic Gallery & Lightbox for Flickr, SmugMug & Others plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's lightbox functionality in all versions up to, and including, 3.21 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied caption attribute. 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 the injected page.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| sayontan | Photonic Gallery & Lightbox for Flickr, SmugMug & Others | 0 – through 3.21 |
Weakness: CWE-79 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N