Stored XSS via unescaped lightbox settings
Published Mar 26, 2026 · Updated Mar 26, 2026
Stored XSS in Awesome Motive WP Lightbox 2 before 3.0.7 allows remote authenticated users to execute script in visitors' browsers. The Additional text below image info setting accepts an HTML event-handler payload and later emits it into lightbox output without sanitization or escaping. Administrator access is required, and a visitor must open a page and click a lightbox image to trigger the stored payload, including where unfiltered_html is disabled.
Summary
What happened
Stored XSS in Awesome Motive WP Lightbox 2 before 3.0.7 allows remote authenticated users to execute script in visitors' browsers. The Additional text below image info setting accepts an HTML event-handler payload and later emits it into lightbox output without sanitization or escaping. Administrator access is required, and a visitor must open a page and click a lightbox image to trigger the stored payload, including where unfiltered_html is disabled.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-1430
- Published
- Mar 26, 2026
- Updated
- Mar 26, 2026
- Vendor
- Awesome Motive
- Product
- WP Lightbox 2
- Classifications
- CWE-79, T1204.001
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- admin
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Mar 26, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Mar 26, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=0 <3.0.7
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Public exploit references
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