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Vulnerability record/PUBLISHED/Published Oct 31, 2026 05:33:06 UTC

CVE-2026-109234

The Meow Lightbox plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'post_content (bbPress reply body)' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 5.6.4 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. This requires the administrator to have enabled Output Buffering, the HtmlDomParser engine, and Aggressive Resolve, as well as a stored-HTML submission surface (such as bbPress anonymous replies) whose kses allow-list preserves img attributes; given these preconditions, a one-shot unauthenticated submission can execute arbitrary JavaScript in the context of any user who views the affected page.

Base score7.2/ 10
SeverityHighCVSS 3.1

Exploitability / impact

CVSS metric breakdown

Vector-derived attributes
Base severityHigh
Attack vectorNetworkAV
Attack complexityLowAC
Privileges requiredNonePR
User interactionNoneUI
ScopeChangedS
Confidentiality impactLowC
Integrity impactLowI
Availability impactNoneA
CVSS vector stringCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

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Record context

CVE Numbering AuthorityWordfence
Last updatedNov 1, 2026 17:44:30 UTC
PublishedOct 31, 2026 05:33:06 UTC
ReservedOct 12, 2026 14:03:20 UTC

Credits

  • Santh