Lightbox with PhotoSwipe
Lightbox with PhotoSwipe has one disclosed vulnerability in the WordSec catalog, all reported in 2026; it is fixed as of August 2026. Their average CVSS score is 6.4, and the most serious one scores 6.4 out of 10.
The most common weakness is Cross-Site Scripting, behind 1 of the records (100%).
The one issue recorded for Lightbox with PhotoSwipe has a vendor fix available, so running the current release closes it.
All of these findings were reported by Pierre Rudloff. Lightbox with PhotoSwipe is installed on roughly 20,000 WordPress sites, so each unpatched flaw has a wide blast radius. The current release is tested up to WordPress 7.1.
CVE-2026-14833Lightbox with PhotoSwipe <= 5.8.0 - Authenticated (Author+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
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Lightbox with PhotoSwipe
Author
Arno Welzel
This plugin integrates PhotoSwipe to WordPress. All linked images in a post or page will be displayed using PhotoSwipe, regardless if they are part of a gallery or single images. More about the original version of PhotoSwipe see here: http://photoswipe.com You can also display EXIF data from supported image types. As of version 4.0.0 this plugin requires at least WordPress 5.3 and PHP 7.0. Older PHP version will cause problems. In this case you have to upgrade your PHP version or ask your hoster to do so. Please note that WordPress itself also recommends at least PHP 7.4 – see https://wordpress.org/about/requirements/. Please keep in mind: not the visible thumbnail is relevant, but only the image link. Images should always be linked to the file and not to the attachment page. Since version 5.6.1 there is an option to fix attachment links which can be enabled if needed – however this may slow down your website since then all links on a page will be checked if they are attachment links.
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