What is CVE-2026-14833?

CVE-2026-14833 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Lightbox With Photoswipe, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.8/10. Published 2026-07-31.

How severe is CVE-2026-14833?

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

XSS in Lightbox With Photoswipe

CVE-2026-14833

The Lightbox with PhotoSwipe WordPress plugin before 5.9.0 does not sanitise or escape a link data attribute before rendering it into the image lightbox caption in the browser, allowing users with author-level access and above (who lack th…

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

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

Unknown Lightbox With Photoswipe — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

contact@wpscan.com (technical-description, exploit, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-14833?: CVE-2026-14833 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Lightbox With Photoswipe, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.8/10. Published 2026-07-31.
How severe is CVE-2026-14833?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.8 out of 10.