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CVE-2026-109234

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Description

The Meow Lightbox plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'post_content (bbPress reply body)' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 5.6.4 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 requires the administrator to have enabled Output Buffering, the HtmlDomParser engine, and Aggressive Resolve, as well as a stored-HTML submission surface (such as bbPress anonymous replies) whose kses allow-list preserves img attributes; given these preconditions, a one-shot unauthenticated submission can execute arbitrary JavaScript in the context of any user who views the affected page.

Severity
HIGH
CVSS score
7.2 (v3.1)
Vulnerability status
Received
Source identifier
Published
2026-10-31 06:16:31.510000
Last modified
2026-10-31 06:16:31.510000
View original CVE JSON
{
  "id": "CVE-2026-109234",
  "sourceIdentifier": "[email protected]",
  "published": "2026-10-31T06:16:31.510",
  "lastModified": "2026-10-31T06:16:31.510",
  "vulnStatus": "Received",
  "cveTags": [],
  "descriptions": [
    {
      "lang": "en",
      "value": "The Meow Lightbox plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'post_content (bbPress reply body)' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 5.6.4 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 requires the administrator to have enabled Output Buffering, the HtmlDomParser engine, and Aggressive Resolve, as well as a stored-HTML submission surface (such as bbPress anonymous replies) whose kses allow-list preserves img attributes; given these preconditions, a one-shot unauthenticated submission can execute arbitrary JavaScript in the context of any user who views the affected page."
    }
  ],
  "affected": [
    {
      "source": "[email protected]",
      "affectedData": [
        {
          "vendor": "tigroumeow",
          "product": "Meow Lightbox",
          "defaultStatus": "unaffected",
          "versions": [
            {
              "version": "0",
              "lessThanOrEqual": "5.6.4",
              "versionType": "semver",
              "status": "affected"
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "metrics": {
    "cvssMetricV31": [
      {
        "source": "[email protected]",
        "type": "Primary",
        "cvssData": {
          "version": "3.1",
          "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N",
          "baseScore": 7.2,
          "baseSeverity": "HIGH",
          "attackVector": "NETWORK",
          "attackComplexity": "LOW",
          "privilegesRequired": "NONE",
          "userInteraction": "NONE",
          "scope": "CHANGED",
          "confidentialityImpact": "LOW",
          "integrityImpact": "LOW",
          "availabilityImpact": "NONE"
        },
        "exploitabilityScore": 3.9,
        "impactScore": 2.7
      }
    ]
  },
  "weaknesses": [
    {
      "source": "[email protected]",
      "type": "Primary",
      "description": [
        {
          "lang": "en",
          "value": "CWE-79"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "references": [
    {
      "url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/meow-lightbox/tags/5.6.2/classes/core.php#L1115",
      "source": "[email protected]"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/meow-lightbox/tags/5.6.2/classes/core.php#L1142",
      "source": "[email protected]"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/meow-lightbox/tags/5.6.2/classes/core.php#L1276",
      "source": "[email protected]"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/meow-lightbox/tags/5.6.2/classes/core.php#L901",
      "source": "[email protected]"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/meow-lightbox/tags/5.6.2/vendor/kub-at/php-simple-html-dom-parser/src/KubAT/PhpSimple/lib/simple_html_dom.php#L2043",
      "source": "[email protected]"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/meow-lightbox/tags/5.6.2/vendor/kub-at/php-simple-html-dom-parser/src/KubAT/PhpSimple/lib/simple_html_dom.php#L490",
      "source": "[email protected]"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?old_path=/meow-lightbox/tags/5.6.4&new_path=/meow-lightbox/tags/5.6.5",
      "source": "[email protected]"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/45fcd17e-10d5-4357-84cc-2527b07b584e?source=cve",
      "source": "[email protected]"
    }
  ]
}