CVE-2025-3650 (GCVE-0-2025-3650)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-09-12 06:00 – Updated: 2025-09-12 16:29
VLAI
Title
jQuery Colorbox <= 4.6.3 - Contributor+ Stored XSS
Summary
The jQuery Colorbox WordPress plugin through 4.6.3 uses the colorbox library, which does not sanitize title attributes on links before using them, allowing users with at least the contributor role to conduct XSS attacks against administrators.
Severity
3.5 (Low)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
SSVC
Exploitation: poc Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
Assigner
References
URL Tags
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/5afdd448-0f7e-40… exploitvdb-entrytechnical-description
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Unknown jQuery Colorbox Affected: 0 , ≤ 4.6.3 (semver)
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Credits
Pierre Rudloff WPScan
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