# CVE-2026-118056: Image Hover Effects Ultimate ( Image Gallery, Effects, Lightbox, Comparison & Magnifier ) <= 9.12.2 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'oxi_image_comparison_before_text' Parameter

Status: published. Published: 2026-11-07. Updated: 2026-11-07.

The Image Hover Effects Ultimate ( Image Gallery, Effects, Lightbox, Comparison & Magnifier ) plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'rawdata.oxi_image_comparison_before_text' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 9.12.2 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. This is only exploitable when an administrator has configured the plugin's "Who can edit" setting to Subscriber, which allows any authenticated user to overwrite existing styles — including those created by administrators — via a missing ownership check on the target style ID.

## Remediation

No remediation reported in collected sources

## Affected products and versions

- oxilab / Image Hover Effects Ultimate ( Image Gallery, Effects, Lightbox, Comparison & Magnifier ): ≥ 0; ≤ 9.12.2 (affected, semver). Source: CNA: Wordfence

## Severity and prioritization

- CVSS 3.1: 4.9 (medium); CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N; source: CNA: Wordfence

- CISA KEV: No listing in collected sources

- EPSS: Not available

- SSVC: Not available

- Weaknesses: CWE-79

## Exploit evidence

No exploit evidence in collected sources. This is not proof of no exploitation.

## References

- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/2bfd952e-3e5e-40f0-9e97-700a7fab415a?source=cve (CNA: Wordfence)

- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/image-hover-effects-ultimate/tags/9.12.2/Modules/Comparison/Render/Effects1.php#L72 (CNA: Wordfence)

- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/image-hover-effects-ultimate/tags/9.12.2/Classes/ImageApi.php#L1043 (CNA: Wordfence)

- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/image-hover-effects-ultimate/tags/9.12.2/Classes/ImageApi.php#L460 (CNA: Wordfence)

- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/image-hover-effects-ultimate/tags/9.12.2/Classes/ImageApi.php#L154 (CNA: Wordfence)

- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?reponame=&old=3782818%40image-hover-effects-ultimate&new=3782818%40image-hover-effects-ultimate (CNA: Wordfence)

## Provenance

- CNA: Wordfence: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-118056; retrieved 2026-11-07; source updated 2026-11-07

Revision: 925f9a44d84656307b6518f110adecbaf9651da34d114a1047c24136e183d008

Canonical: https://y2.dev/cve/CVE-2026-118056

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