TI-2024-05263 Aliases CVE-2024-5668 GHSA-wvmh-7r32-grc6

Cross-site scripting in fooplugins Lightbox & Modal Popup WordPress Plugin – FooBox

LOW 28CWE-79Published 2024-08-08 · Updated 2026-04-08

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: Low
User interaction: None
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: Cross-site scripting
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: Low · Low · None
Fix status: No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-79.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV

EPSS 0.00299 22nd percentileScored 2026-11-07

Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation: None
Automatable: No
Technical impact: Partial

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
fooplugins	Lightbox & Modal Popup WordPress Plugin – FooBox	up to 2.7.28	—	No fix listed	CNA

Lightbox & Modal Popup WordPress Plugin – FooBox Vendorfooplugins Affected up to 2.7.28 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:themergency:foobox::::::wordpress::*	before 2.7.32	Vulnerable	Themergency

cpe:2.3:a:themergency:foobox:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* Versions before 2.7.32 Vulnerable ·Themergency

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-5668
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-wvmh-7r32-grc6

References

Patch 1

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3130678/foobox-image-lightbox

Advisory 1

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/923f9e66-2e26-4ec2-a4b3-439881a6ca10?source=cve

TI-2024-03073 FooBox (Free and Premium) < 2.7.28 - Admin+ Stored XSS CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.1
TI-2023-23759 WordPress FooGallery Plugin <= 2.2.44 is vulnerable to Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF) CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
TI-2023-13819 WordPress FooGallery Plugin <= 2.2.35 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS) CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.1
TI-2023-06350 Best WordPress Gallery Plugin – FooGallery <= 2.4.16 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Directory Traversal CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.7
TI-2024-11241 Cross-site scripting in fooplugins Gallery by FooGallery CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.4
TI-2023-23770 WordPress FooGallery Plugin <= 2.2.44 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS) CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.1

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Sources

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