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CVE-2025-5092: Multiple Plugins and Themes <= (Various Versions) - Authenticated (Contributor+) DOM-Based Stored Cross-Site Scripting via lightGallery JavaScript Library
- Severity: medium (CVSS 6.4 v3.1)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: none known
- Published: 2025-11-20 · updated 2026-06-17
- Weakness: CWE-79
Description
Multiple plugins and/or themes for WordPress are vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's bundled lightGallery library (<= 2.8.3) in various versions 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.
Affected products
- famethemes OnePress: through 2.3.16
- Galaxy Weblinks Gallery with thumbnail slider: through 7.8
- lightgalleryteam LightGallery WP: through 1.0.5
- oxilab Image Hover Effects Ultimate ( Image Gallery, Effects, Lightbox, Comparison & Magnifier ): through 9.10.5
- wproyal Royal Addons for Elementor – Addons and Templates Kit for Elementor: through 1.7.1031
- tplugins TP WooCommerce Product Gallery: through 1.1.9
- vowelweb Ibtana – WordPress Website Builder: through 1.2.5.1
- wpsofts Portfolio, Gallery, Product Catalog – Grid KIT Portfolio: through 2.2.1
References
- https://github.com/sachinchoolur/lightGallery
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3311382/
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3343557/
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3356089/
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3372141/
- https://themes.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/299860
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/acaa3142-2bbc-43d3-8ecc-05e8edb931ec?source=cve
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