CVE-2022-0161: ARI Fancy Lightbox < 1.3.9 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.1 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2022-03-14 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

The ARI Fancy Lightbox WordPress plugin before 1.3.9 does not sanitise and escape the msg parameter before outputting it back in an admin page, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

Affected products

ARI Fancy Lightbox – WordPress Popup: before 1.3.9 — fixed in 1.3.9

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: ARI Fancy Lightbox – WordPress Popup 1.3.9. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2680993
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/6b37fa17-0dcb-47a7-b1eb-f9f6abb458c0
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2680993
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/6b37fa17-0dcb-47a7-b1eb-f9f6abb458c0

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