XSS in Status301 Easy Fancybox
CVE-2019-16524
The easy-fancybox plugin before 1.8.18 for WordPress (aka Easy FancyBox) is susceptible to Stored XSS in the Settings Menu inc/class-easyfancybox.php due to improper encoding of arbitrarily submitted settings parameters. This occurs because there is no inline styles output filter.
Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 4.8 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.010 (63.3th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 63rd percentile — 63.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.010 · newest: 0.010 · change: 0.000
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- wordpress.org/plugins/easy-fancybox/ (Product, Third Party Advisory)
- github.com/sbaresearch/advisories/tree/public/2019/SBA-ADV-20190911-01_Easy_Fan… (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
- wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9891 (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2019-16524?
- CVE-2019-16524 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Status301 Easy Fancybox, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2019-09-26.
- How severe is CVE-2019-16524?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.8 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2019-16524 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.