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Lightbox & Modal Popup WordPress Plugin vulnerabilities
Lightbox & Modal Popup WordPress Plugin has 2 known vulnerabilities in this database. The most recent published record is dated 8 Jul 2025.
- Known vulnerabilities
- 2
- Active installs
- 100,000+
- Latest version
- 2.8.5
- Last updated
- 27 Aug 2026
- Most recent
- 8 Jul 2025
Find it in your WordPress dashboard under Plugins. Severity is based on the CVSS score published with the CVE where one is available.
| Vulnerability | Severity | Affected | Fix | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cross-site scripting (XSS) CVE-2025-5537 | Medium 6.4 | Before 2.7.35 | Fixed in 2.7.35 | 8 Jul 2025 |
| Cross-site scripting (XSS) CVE-2024-5668 | Medium 6.4 | Before 2.7.32 | Fixed in 2.7.32 | 8 Aug 2024 |
Read the published descriptions
- CVE-2025-5537, 8 Jul 2025
- 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. CVE record
- CVE-2024-5668, 8 Aug 2024
- The Lightbox & Modal Popup WordPress Plugin - FooBox plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to DOM-based Stored Cross-Site Scripting via HTML data attributes in all versions up to, and including, 2.7.28 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. 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 an injected page. CVE record
What to do if you run Lightbox & Modal Popup WordPress Plugin
If you run Lightbox & Modal Popup WordPress Plugin, open WordPress and check the installed version in Plugins. Compare it with the affected versions in the vulnerability record. If a fixed version is available, take a current backup and update to that version or the latest supported release.
If no fixed version exists, consider disabling and removing the plugin or replacing it with a maintained alternative. After dealing with the affected software, check administrator users, unexpected file changes, redirects, unfamiliar pages and security logs for signs that the site may already have been altered.
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