Lightbox Gallery < 0.9.5 - Contributor+ Stored XSS via Shortcode
Priority HIGH 65Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- High
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
The Lightbox Gallery WordPress plugin before 0.9.5 does not validate and escape some of its shortcode attributes before outputting them back in a page/post where the shortcode is embed, which could allow users with the contributor role and above to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks
Why it matters now
Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00707 53rd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by the CNA and NVD
Fix Fixed Lightbox Gallery (Unknown): 0.9.5
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Lightbox Gallery | before 0.9.5 | 0.9.5 | Patch available | CNA |
- Lightbox Gallery VendorUnknown Affected before 0.9.5 Fixed in 0.9.5 Patch available CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 1
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:wpgogo:lightbox-gallery:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* | before 0.9.5 | Vulnerable | Hiroaki Miyashita |
- cpe:2.3:a:wpgogo:lightbox-gallery:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* Versions before 0.9.5 Vulnerable ·Hiroaki Miyashita
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Lightbox Gallery (Unknown) Fixed in 0.9.5
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2022-4682
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-449p-v9gc-4xv4
References
Sources
- CVE-2022-4682 · CVE Program
- CVE-2022-4682 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-449p-v9gc-4xv4 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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