XSS in Archetyped Simple Lightbox
CVE-2025-3516
The Simple Lightbox WordPress plugin before 2.9.4 does not validate and escape some of its attributes before outputting them back in a page/post, which could allow users with the contributor role and above to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks.
Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 5.9 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.003 (20.4th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 20th percentile — 20.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Archetyped Simple Lightbox
- Simple Lightbox — versions 0
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- wpscan.com/vulnerability/336a78cd-297b-4f47-a007-e33eac7f1dad/ (Exploit, technical-description, Third Party Advisory, exploit, vdb-entry)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2025-3516?
- CVE-2025-3516 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Archetyped Simple Lightbox, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.9/10. Published 2025-05-16.
- How severe is CVE-2025-3516?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.9 out of 10.