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CVE-2026-120687

Lightbox & Modal Popup WordPress Plugin <= 2.8.7 - Unauthenticated Stored DOM-Based Cross-Site Scripting via Image Alt Attribute in .wp-caption Containers

No exploitation reported by the sources we read.

  • Published2026-11-14
  • WeaknessCWE-79

Am I affected?

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Description

The Lightbox & Modal Popup WordPress Plugin – FooBox plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored DOM-Based Cross-Site Scripting via the 'img alt attribute inside .wp-caption container' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 2.8.7 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 is exploitable by Subscriber-level users when bbPress is installed, as its bbp_filter_kses filter chain permits img and pre tags while preserving numeric character references inside attribute values, allowing encoded payloads to bypass save-time sanitization and reach the vulnerable sink fully intact. Exploitation by attackers with subscriber-level access and above requires that bbPress 2.6.20 is installed, a public forum exists, and either the first topic has already been approved or subsequent topics clear moderation. On a default installation, where that is not configured, the vulnerability requires attackers with contributor-level access and above.

Timeline

dates in UTC
  1. 2026-11-1415:32CVE publishedCNA

Versions per branch

Products declared by the CNA

As Wordfence, the CNA that assigned this CVE, declared them in the CVE record; versions as written. NVD lists no product for this CVE yet: this is the only product data so far.

  • fooplugins Lightbox & Modal Popup WordPress Plugin – FooBoxother versions: not affected
    Affected
    • ≤ 2.8.7no fix statedsemver

Source: the CNA record (CVE Program), © The MITRE Corporation,CVE Terms of UseCVE recordupdated 2026-11-14

Neither OSV.dev nor the vendor advisories we read list affected versions for CVE-2026-120687 yet.

Full record on NVD

Fix

No fix published by the sources we read yet. NVD record

Detection

Nuclei template
none so far
ProjectDiscovery
Exploit-DB
no entry
Exploit-DB
Metasploit modules
none listed
Metasploit Framework

Sources

  • NVDCVE record2026-11-14
  • CNACVSS 3.17.22026-11-14
  • CNAweakness (CWE)CWE-792026-11-14

Technical details

CVSS v3 Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Published
2026-11-14

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-120687?

The Lightbox & Modal Popup WordPress Plugin – FooBox plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored DOM-Based Cross-Site Scripting via the 'img alt attribute inside .wp-caption container' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 2.8.7 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 is exploitable by Subscriber-level users when bbPress is installed, as its bbp_filter_kses filter chain permits img and pre tags while preserving numeric character references inside attribute values, allowing encoded payloads to bypass save-time sanitization and reach the vulnerable sink fully intact. Exploitation by attackers with subscriber-level access and above requires that bbPress 2.6.20 is installed, a public forum exists, and either the first topic has already been approved or subsequent topics clear moderation. On a default installation, where that is not configured, the vulnerability requires attackers with contributor-level access and above.

Is CVE-2026-120687 actively exploited?

Active exploitation of CVE-2026-120687 has not been confirmed.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2026-120687?

CVE-2026-120687 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.2 (HIGH severity), with vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

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