What is CVE-2016-10865?

CVE-2016-10865 is a medium-severity vulnerability in 23systems Lightbox Plus Colorbox, classified under Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2019-08-09.

How severe is CVE-2016-10865?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.

Is CVE-2016-10865 known to be exploited?

2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CSRF in 23systems Lightbox Plus Colorbox

CVE-2016-10865

The Lightbox Plus Colorbox plugin through 2.7.2 for WordPress has cross-site request forgery (CSRF) via wp-admin/admin.php?page=lightboxplus, as demonstrated by resultant width XSS.

Vulnerability class: CSRF (Cross-Site Request Forgery)

Published 2019-08-09 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.005 (41.5th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 42nd percentile — 41.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.005 · newest: 0.005 · change: 0.000

Affected products

23systems Lightbox Plus Colorbox

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-352 — Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

wordpress.org/plugins/lightbox-plus/ (Third Party Advisory)
www.pluginvulnerabilities.com/2016/04/05/cross-site-request-forgery-csrfcross-s… (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-10865?: CVE-2016-10865 is a medium-severity vulnerability in 23systems Lightbox Plus Colorbox, classified under Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2019-08-09.
How severe is CVE-2016-10865?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.
Is CVE-2016-10865 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.