5.5

CVE-2019-16524: status301 easy_fancybox Cross-site Scripting

CVSS: 5.5v3.1MediumModified
Published 26-09-2019Last modified 05-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2019-16524 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) Cross-site Scripting vulnerability in status301 easy_fancybox. EPSS estimates a 1.02% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 63.1% of scored vulnerabilities. 2 public exploits are recorded.

Overall risk
32/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.5/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (wordfence)
EPSS score
1.02%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits2github, reference

Timeline

  1. 26-09-2019
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 05-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The easy-fancybox plugin before 1.8.18 for WordPress (aka Easy FancyBox) is susceptible to Stored XSS in the Settings Menu inc/class-easyfancybox.php due to improper encoding of arbitrarily submitted settings parameters. This occurs because there is no inline styles output filter.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 2 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

1.02%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

63%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 1.02% on 21-09-2026

21-09-202621-10-2026
EPSS score
1.02%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

2 found
  • githubUnverified

    Advisories

    Maturity: poc

  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (wpvulndb.com)

    Maturity: unknown

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Status3011 product
Wordpress1 product
  • easy-fancybox≤ 1.8.17 (fixed in 1.8.18)

2 vendors · 2 products

References

4 links