CVE-2025-13612
Stored XSS in WordPress Album and Image Gallery Plugin
Publication date: 2026-02-19
Last updated on: 2026-02-19
Assigner: Wordfence
Description
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Affected Vendors & Products
| Vendor | Product | Version / Range |
|---|---|---|
| album_and_image_gallery | lightbox_plugin | to 2.1.7 (inc) |
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Exploitability
| CWE ID | Description |
|---|---|
| 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. |
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Can you explain this vulnerability to me?
The vulnerability exists in the Album and Image Gallery plus Lightbox plugin for WordPress, specifically in the `aigpl-gallery-album` shortcode. It is a Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability caused by insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user-supplied attributes.
This flaw allows authenticated attackers with contributor-level access or higher to inject arbitrary web scripts into pages. These scripts will execute whenever any user accesses the injected page.
How can this vulnerability impact me? :
This vulnerability can lead to the execution of malicious scripts in the context of the affected website. An attacker with contributor-level access can inject scripts that run when other users view the compromised pages.
Potential impacts include theft of user credentials, session hijacking, defacement of the website, or distribution of malware to visitors.
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