6.4

CVE-2024-5878: aknieriem simplelightbox Cross-site Scripting

CVSS: 6.4v3.1MediumDeferred
Published 20-05-2025Last modified 08-04-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2024-5878 is a medium (CVSS 6.4) Cross-site Scripting vulnerability in aknieriem simplelightbox. EPSS estimates a 0.38% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 30.5% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
26/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
6.4/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.38%
0%100%
Low · +0.02 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 20-05-2025
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 08-04-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Multiple plugins for WordPress are vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's bundled SimpleLightbox JavaScript library (version 2.1.5) in various versions due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.38%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

31%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.02 pp

From 0.35% on 21-09-2026

21-09-202621-10-2026
EPSS score
0.38%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Wordpress2 products
  • nextgen-gallery≤ 3.59.4 (fixed in 3.59.5)
  • simplelightbox≤ 2.14.4
Aknieriem1 product
Smub1 product

3 vendors · 4 products

References

5 links