Responsive Lightbox & Gallery Plugin up to 2.6.0 on WordPress Link cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Responsive Lightbox & Gallery Plugin up to 2.6.0 on WordPress. The affected element is an unknown function of the component Link Handler. The manipulation results in cross site scripting. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2025-15386. The attack can be executed remotely. There is not any exploit available. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Responsive Lightbox & Gallery Plugin up to 2.6.0 on WordPress. It has been classified as problematic. Affected is some unknown functionality of the component Link Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-79. The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. This is going to have an impact on integrity. CVE summarizes:

The Responsive Lightbox & Gallery WordPress plugin before 2.6.1 is vulnerable to an Unauthenticated Stored-XSS attack due to flawed regex replacement rules that can be abused by posting a comment with a malicious link when lightbox for comments are enabled and then approved.

The weakness was released by Matthew Rollings. The advisory is shared for download at wpscan.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2025-15386 since 12/31/2025. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1059.007.

Upgrading to version 2.6.1 eliminates this vulnerability.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.1

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VulDB Temp Score: 4.1
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-79 / CWE-94 / CWE-74
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Responsive Lightbox & Gallery Plugin 2.6.1

Timelineinfo

12/31/2025 CVE reserved
02/24/2026 +55 days Advisory disclosed
02/24/2026 +0 days VulDB entry created
02/24/2026 +0 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: wpscan.com
Researcher: Matthew Rollings
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2025-15386 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-15386
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-347496

Entryinfo

Created: 02/24/2026 07:38
Changes: 02/24/2026 07:38 (57)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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