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Public vulnerability disclosure

CVE-2026-118438

CVE-2026-118438

publishedCWE-79

The Firelight Lightbox WordPress plugin before 2.3.24 does not properly escape image attribute values before processing them in the browser, which could allow users with contributor-level access and above to inject arbitrary web scripts that execute when another user views or previews the affected content.

Technical severity6.8 mediumCVSS 3.1 · NVD: 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
Published2026-10-31Source updated 2026-11-01
Collected2026-11-021 attributed source

Fixes and workarounds

No remediation reported in collected sources.

Missing remediation information is not evidence that no patch exists.

Affected products and versions

No affected-product ranges reported in collected sources.

CVSS assessments

CVSS scores, vectors and reporting authorities
Version / scoreVectorAuthority
3.1 / 6.8
medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HNVD: 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

Exploit evidence

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

References