CVE-2026-14833: CWE-79 Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in Lightbox with PhotoSwipe
The Lightbox with PhotoSwipe WordPress plugin before 5.9.0 does not sanitise or escape a link data attribute before rendering it into the image lightbox caption in the browser, allowing users with author-level access and above (who lack the unfiltered_html capability) to store JavaScript that runs when a visitor or administrator opens the lightbox.
CVE-2026-14833: CWE-79 Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in Lightbox with PhotoSwipe
Description
The Lightbox with PhotoSwipe WordPress plugin before 5.9.0 does not sanitise or escape a link data attribute before rendering it into the image lightbox caption in the browser, allowing users with author-level access and above (who lack the unfiltered_html capability) to store JavaScript that runs when a visitor or administrator opens the lightbox.
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Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- WPScan
- Date Reserved
- 2026-07-06T09:51:49.570Z
- Cvss Version
- null
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Remediation Level
- null
Threat ID: 6a6c42b59c2644c7f86e85f0
Added to database: 07/31/2026, 06:37:41 UTC
Last updated: 07/31/2026, 11:47:28 UTC
Views: 6
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