What is CVE-2025-3649?

CVE-2025-3649 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Lightpress Lightbox, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.8/10. Published 2025-05-12.

How severe is CVE-2025-3649?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.8 out of 10.

XSS in Lightpress Lightbox

CVE-2025-3649

The LightPress Lightbox WordPress plugin before 2.3.4 does not check download links point to valid, non-Javascript URLs, allowing users with at least the contributor role to conduct Stored XSS attacks.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.004 (29.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.8 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Lightpress Lightbox
Unknown Lightpress Lightbox — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

contact@wpscan.com (Exploit, technical-description, Third Party Advisory, exploit, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-3649?: CVE-2025-3649 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Lightpress Lightbox, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.8/10. Published 2025-05-12.
How severe is CVE-2025-3649?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.8 out of 10.