Vulnerability · Published Jul 8, 2025 · Assigned by Wordfence
CVE-2025-5537Lightbox & Modal Popup WordPress Plugin – FooBox <= 2.7.34 - Authenticated (Author+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
Medium 6.4
In plain English
A medium-severity cross-site scripting in Lightbox & Modal Popup WordPress Plugin – FooBox from fooplugins. 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 Lightbox & Modal Popup WordPress Plugin – FooBox plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via image alternative texts in all versions up to, and including, 2.7.34 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Author-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| fooplugins | Lightbox & Modal Popup WordPress Plugin – FooBox | 0 – through 2.7.34 |
Weakness: CWE-79 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N