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TI-2025-04567 Aliases CVE-2025-5093GHSA-vpc7-8x7g-73gx

Responsive Lightbox & Gallery < 2.5.2 - Contributor+ Stored XSS

Priority MEDIUM 58CWE-79Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
Required
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Cross-site scripting
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Low · Low · None
Fix status
Fixed

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

Summary

The Responsive Lightbox & Gallery WordPress plugin before 2.5.2 use the Swipebox library which does not validate and escape title attributes before outputting them back in a page/post where used, 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 0.00234 14th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by the CNA and NVD
Fix Fixed Responsive Lightbox & Gallery (Unknown): 2.5.2

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
Poc
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

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
UnknownResponsive Lightbox & Gallerybefore 2.5.22.5.2Patch availableCNA
  • Responsive Lightbox & Gallery VendorUnknown Affected before 2.5.2 Fixed in 2.5.2 Patch available CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:dfactory:responsive_lightbox:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*before 2.5.2VulnerabledFactory
  • cpe:2.3:a:dfactory:responsive_lightbox:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* Versions before 2.5.2 Vulnerable ·dFactory

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA Responsive Lightbox & Gallery (Unknown) Fixed in 2.5.2

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-5093
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-vpc7-8x7g-73gx

References

Exploit 1

  • TI-2025-03296 Responsive Lightbox & Gallery < 2.5.1 - Contributor+ Stored XSS CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.8
  • TI-2024-29513 WordPress Responsive Lightbox & Gallery plugin <= 2.4.7 - Broken Access Control vulnerability CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2017-01533 Cross-site scripting in dFactory Responsive Lightbox CVSS 3.0MEDIUM 6.1
  • TI-2024-06371 Responsive Lightbox & Gallery <= 2.4.7 - Authenticated (Author+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via File Upload CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.4
  • TI-2023-26833 WordPress Responsive Lightbox Plugin <= 2.4.5 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS) CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.9

Sources

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