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Vulnerability database

Every flaw the U.S. government’s cybersecurity agency (CISA) has confirmed attackers are using, plus the new WordPress plugin and theme bugs published each day, sorted by what they mean for a small business. We refresh it twice a day. If you see something your website or office runs, tell us.

1,762exploited flaws on CISA’s list

34added in the last 30 days

344new WordPress flaws this week

390,080entries in the database

17 results

Jul 31, 2026Lightbox with PhotoSwipe: Does not sanitise or escape a link data attribute before rendering it into the image lightbox caption in the browserCVE-2026-14833 · WordPress plugins & themes · reported by WPScanMedium 6.8
The Lightbox with PhotoSwipe WordPress plugin before 5.9.0 does not sanitise or escape a link data attribute before rendering it into the image lightbox caption in the browser, allowing users with author-level access and above (who lack the unfiltered_html capability) to store JavaScript that runs when a visitor or administrator opens the lightbox.
Product
Lightbox with PhotoSwipe
Fixed in
5.9.0
What to do
Update Lightbox with PhotoSwipe to 5.9.0 or newer.
Full record and what to do →NVD record wpscan.com
Jun 30, 2026Kali Forms — Contact Form & Drag-and-Drop Builder: Does not sanitise a form field's caption before outputting itCVE-2026-11581 · WordPress plugins & themes · reported by WPScanMedium 5.9
The Kali Forms — Contact Form & Drag-and-Drop Builder WordPress plugin before 2.4.13 does not sanitise a form field's caption before outputting it as a column header on the administrator form-entries screen, allowing users with Contributor-level access or above to store JavaScript that executes in an administrator's session. A missing capability check in the Kali Forms — Contact Form & Drag-and-Drop Builder WordPress plugin before 2.4.13's post-duplication action additionally lets the Contributor publish the malicious form so an administrator renders it.
Product
Kali Forms — Contact Form & Drag-and-Drop Builder
Fixed in
2.4.13
What to do
Update Kali Forms — Contact Form & Drag-and-Drop Builder to 2.4.13 or newer.
Full record and what to do →NVD record wpscan.com
Apr 20, 2026Image Source Control Lite – Show Image Credits and Captions: Stored Cross-Site ScriptingCVE-2026-4852 · WordPress plugins & themes · reported by WordfenceMedium 6.4
The Image Source Control Lite – Show Image Credits and Captions plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'Image Source' attachment field in all versions up to, and including, 3.9.1 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Author-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
Product
Image Source Control Lite – Show Image Credits and Captions
Affected
up to 3.9.1
What to do
Affects up to 3.9.1. Update Image Source Control Lite – Show Image Credits and Captions to the newest version and check its changelog mentions this fix; if there isn’t one yet, deactivate it until there is.
Full record and what to do →NVD record plugins.trac.wordpress.org wordfence.com
Apr 8, 2026FSM Custom Featured Image Caption: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')CVE-2026-39693 · WordPress plugins & themes · reported by PatchstackMedium 5.9
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in fesomia FSM Custom Featured Image Caption fsm-custom-featured-image-caption allows DOM-Based XSS.This issue affects FSM Custom Featured Image Caption: from n/a through <= 1.25.1.
Product
FSM Custom Featured Image Caption
Affected
up to 1.25.1
What to do
Affects up to 1.25.1. Update FSM Custom Featured Image Caption to the newest version and check its changelog mentions this fix; if there isn’t one yet, deactivate it until there is.
Full record and what to do →NVD record patchstack.com
Dec 9, 2025Image Caption Hover Pro: Missing AuthorizationCVE-2025-67562 · WordPress plugins & themes · reported by PatchstackMedium 5.4
Missing Authorization vulnerability in WebCodingPlace Image Caption Hover Pro image-caption-hover-pro allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Image Caption Hover Pro: from n/a through < 20.0.
Product
Image Caption Hover Pro
What to do
Update Image Caption Hover Pro to the newest version.
Full record and what to do →NVD record patchstack.com
Aug 14, 2025CaptionPix: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')CVE-2025-52788 · WordPress plugins & themes · reported by PatchstackHigh 7.1
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Russell Jamieson CaptionPix captionpix allows Reflected XSS.This issue affects CaptionPix: from n/a through <= 1.8.
Product
CaptionPix
Affected
up to 1.8
What to do
Affects up to 1.8. Update CaptionPix to the newest version and check its changelog mentions this fix; if there isn’t one yet, deactivate it until there is.
Full record and what to do →NVD record patchstack.com
Jun 3, 2025FancyBox for: Does not escape captions and titles attributes before using them to populate galleries' caption fieldsCVE-2025-3662 · WordPress plugins & themes · reported by WPScanMedium 6.1
The FancyBox for WordPress plugin before 3.3.6 does not escape captions and titles attributes before using them to populate galleries' caption fields. The issue was received as a Contributor+ Stored XSS, however one of our researcher (Marc Montpas) escalated it to an Unauthenticated Stored XSS
Product
FancyBox for
Fixed in
3.3.6
What to do
Update FancyBox for to 3.3.6 or newer.
Full record and what to do →NVD record wpscan.com wpscan.com
Feb 7, 2025Links in Captions: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')CVE-2025-25098 · WordPress plugins & themes · reported by PatchstackMedium 6.5
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Zack Katz Links in Captions links-in-captions allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Links in Captions: from n/a through <= 1.2.
Product
Links in Captions
Affected
up to 1.2
What to do
Affects up to 1.2. Update Links in Captions to the newest version and check its changelog mentions this fix; if there isn’t one yet, deactivate it until there is.
Full record and what to do →NVD record patchstack.com
Jan 24, 2025FooGallery Captions: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')CVE-2025-23889 · WordPress plugins & themes · reported by PatchstackHigh 7.1
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in tormorten FooGallery Captions foogallery-captions allows Reflected XSS.This issue affects FooGallery Captions: from n/a through <= 1.0.2.
Product
FooGallery Captions
Affected
up to 1.0.2
What to do
Affects up to 1.0.2. Update FooGallery Captions to the newest version and check its changelog mentions this fix; if there isn’t one yet, deactivate it until there is.
Full record and what to do →NVD record patchstack.com
Jan 18, 2025Image Source Control Lite – Show Image Credits and Captions: Reflected Cross-Site ScriptingCVE-2024-13515 · WordPress plugins & themes · reported by WordfenceMedium 6.1
The Image Source Control Lite – Show Image Credits and Captions plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via the 'path' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 2.28.0 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that execute if they can successfully trick a user into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
Product
Image Source Control Lite – Show Image Credits and Captions
Affected
up to 2.28.0
What to do
Affects up to 2.28.0. Update Image Source Control Lite – Show Image Credits and Captions to the newest version and check its changelog mentions this fix; if there isn’t one yet, deactivate it until there is.
Full record and what to do →NVD record github.com plugins.trac.wordpress.org
Nov 21, 2024Media File Rename, Find Unused File, Add Alt text, Caption, Desc For Image SEO: Does not sanitise uploaded SVG filesCVE-2024-10482 · WordPress plugins & themes · reported by WPScanMedium 5.4
The Media File Rename, Find Unused File, Add Alt text, Caption, Desc For Image SEO WordPress plugin before 1.5.0 does not sanitise uploaded SVG files, which could allow users with a role as low as Author to upload a malicious SVG containing XSS payloads.
Product
Media File Rename, Find Unused File, Add Alt text, Caption, Desc For Image SEO
Fixed in
1.5.0
What to do
Update Media File Rename, Find Unused File, Add Alt text, Caption, Desc For Image SEO to 1.5.0 or newer.
Full record and what to do →NVD record wpscan.com
Jul 6, 2024Image Hover Effects - Caption Hover with Carousel: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (XSS or 'Cross-site Scripting')CVE-2024-37546 · WordPress plugins & themes · reported by PatchstackMedium 6.5
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (XSS or 'Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in biplob018 Image Hover Effects - Caption Hover with Carousel allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Image Hover Effects - Caption Hover with Carousel: from n/a through 3.0.2.
Product
Image Hover Effects - Caption Hover with Carousel
Affected
up to 3.0.2
What to do
Affects up to 3.0.2. Update Image Hover Effects - Caption Hover with Carousel to the newest version and check its changelog mentions this fix; if there isn’t one yet, deactivate it until there is.
Full record and what to do →NVD record patchstack.com patchstack.com
Jan 26, 2024Image Source Control Lite – Show Image Credits and Captions: Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized ActorCVE-2023-52187 · WordPress plugins & themes · reported by PatchstackMedium 5.3
Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor vulnerability in Thomas Maier Image Source Control Lite – Show Image Credits and Captions.This issue affects Image Source Control Lite – Show Image Credits and Captions: from n/a through 2.17.0.
Product
Image Source Control Lite – Show Image Credits and Captions
Affected
up to 2.17.0
What to do
Affects up to 2.17.0. Update Image Source Control Lite – Show Image Credits and Captions to the newest version and check its changelog mentions this fix; if there isn’t one yet, deactivate it until there is.
Full record and what to do →NVD record patchstack.com patchstack.com
Nov 7, 2023Featured Image Caption: Stored Cross-Site ScriptingCVE-2023-5669 · WordPress plugins & themes · reported by WordfenceMedium 6.4
The Featured Image Caption plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's shortcode and post meta in all versions up to, and including, 0.8.10 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with contributor-level and above permissions to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
Product
Featured Image Caption
Affected
up to 0.8.10
What to do
Affects up to 0.8.10. Update Featured Image Caption to the newest version and check its changelog mentions this fix; if there isn’t one yet, deactivate it until there is.
Full record and what to do →NVD record plugins.trac.wordpress.org plugins.trac.wordpress.org
Sep 25, 2019The captain-slider plugin 1.0.6 for WordPress has XSS via a Title or Caption section.CVE-2015-9419 · WordPress plugins & themes · reported by MITREMedium 6.1
The captain-slider plugin 1.0.6 for WordPress has XSS via a Title or Caption section.
Affected
1.0.6 to 1.0.6
What to do
Affects 1.0.6 to 1.0.6. Update the plugin to the newest version and check its changelog mentions this fix; if there isn’t one yet, deactivate it until there is.
Full record and what to do →NVD record packetstormsecurity.com wordpress.org
Sep 17, 2019The leenkme plugin before 2.6.0 for WordPress has stored XSS via facebook_message, facebook_linkname, facebook_caption, facebook_description, default_image, or CVE-2016-10988 · WordPress plugins & themes · reported by MITREMedium 6.1
The leenkme plugin before 2.6.0 for WordPress has stored XSS via facebook_message, facebook_linkname, facebook_caption, facebook_description, default_image, or _wp_http_referer.
Product
leenkme
Fixed in
2.6.0
What to do
Update leenkme to 2.6.0 or newer.
Full record and what to do →NVD record wordpress.org wpvulndb.com
Feb 25, 2019WooCommerce before 3.5.5 allows XSS via a Photoswipe caption.CVE-2019-9168 · WordPress plugins & themes · reported by MITREMedium 6.1
WooCommerce before 3.5.5 allows XSS via a Photoswipe caption.
Fixed in
3.5.5
What to do
Update the plugin to 3.5.5 or newer.
Full record and what to do →NVD record woocommerce.wordpress.com woocommerce.wordpress.com

Where this comes from: the exploited list is CISA’s Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Everything else is the whole National Vulnerability Database, where each record is published by the team that found the bug (Wordfence, Patchstack, WPScan, the vendors themselves and others); we show who. Exploit odds are FIRST’s EPSS, updated daily. Titles and categories are ours, so check the linked record before acting on a detail. For a write-up of the big ones, see our advisories. Every vendor, and every WordPress plugin and theme with a recorded flaw, also has its own page. All of it is free to reuse as JSON, CSV or RSS.

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