# CVE-2025-3745: WP Lightbox 2 < 3.0.6.8 - Unauthenticated Stored XSS

> Unauthenticated attackers can inject malicious scripts via unsanitized link titles in the WP Lightbox 2 plugin, potentially compromising user sessions.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 30 Jun 2025
- **Updated:** 30 Jun 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-277x-frmf-w2gm

## What is CVE-2025-3745?

CVE-2025-3745 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown WP Lightbox 2, published on 30 Jun 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

The WP Lightbox 2 WordPress plugin before 3.0.6.8 does not correctly sanitize the value of the title attribute of links before using them, which may allow malicious users to conduct XSS attacks.

Weakness: CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-3745?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Syedbalkhi Wp Lightbox 2.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-3745?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-3745 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-3745 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-3745 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in Unknown WP Lightbox 2

- [CVE-2024-6263](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-6263/): WP Lightbox 2 <= 3.0.6.6 - Authenticated (Contributor+) DOM-Based Stored Cross-Site Scripting (medium 6.4)
- [CVE-2023-45747](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-45747/): WordPress WP Lightbox 2 Plugin <= 3.0.6.5 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS) (medium 5.9)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-3745 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-3745 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown WP Lightbox 2, published on 30 Jun 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-3745 exists.

Affected product: Unknown WP Lightbox 2. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-3745/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-3745/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-3745
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-3745
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-3745

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-3745/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.