Vulnerability · Published May 16, 2025 · Assigned by WPScan
CVE-2025-3516Simple Lightbox < 2.9.4 - Contributor+ Stored XSS
Medium 5.9
In plain English
A medium-severity security flaw in Simple Lightbox from Unknown. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 24% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS 3.1)5.9Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 75.6% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official 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.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Simple Lightbox | 0 – before 2.9.4 |
References
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/336a78cd-297b-4f47-a007-e33eac7f1dad/ exploit, vdb-entry, technical-description