Simplelightbox

Simplelightbox has one disclosed vulnerability in the WordSec catalog, all reported in 2025; it remains unpatched as of September 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 Simplelightbox has no published fix yet, which makes virtual patching the only reliable mitigation. The oldest unresolved one dates back to 2025.

All of these findings were reported by Webbernaut. Simplelightbox is installed on roughly 1,000 WordPress sites, so each unpatched flaw has a wide blast radius. The current release is tested up to WordPress 6.3.0.

Strategic Overview

Avg CVSSMedium

6.4/ 10

Patch Coverage0%

Open

Fixed

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Most severe open issueCVSS 6.4CVE-2024-5878

Multiple Plugins <= (Various Versions) - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored DOM-Based Cross-Site Scripting via SimpleLightbox JavaScript Library

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Vulnerability Records

1 records


2025-05-19 00:00	Multiple Plugins <= (Various Versions) - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored DOM-Based Cross-Site Scripting via SimpleLightbox JavaScript Library Simplelightbox <= 2.14.4	`CVE-2024-5878`	6.4 Medium	Webbernaut	No

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Latestv2.14.4

Simplelightbox

Author

aknieriem

5.0(11)

100/100

Last Updated

2023-08-31 (3y ago)

Active Installs

1,000+

Downloads

31,563

Requires WP

3.0.1+

Requires PHP

Tested up to

WP 6.3.0

Created

2015-10-08 (11y ago)

The simplelightbox wordpress plugin brings the simplelightbox jquery plugin to wordpress. You can change every option that the lightbox have in the admin panel under Design -> Simplelightbox.

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