The WP Carousel Free plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via crafted fancybox `data-caption` attributes in all versions up to, and including, 2.7.10. This is due to the `fancybox-config.js` script reading the carousel container's `id` attribute directly from the DOM to construct a jQuery selector without sanitization. When a Contributor crafts an HTML block with a malformed carousel container ID (containing characters invalid for jQuery selectors), the custom fancybox configuration throws a JavaScript error and fails to initialize. This causes the bundled fancybox library (v3.5.7) to fall back to its default caption handling, which renders the `data-caption` attribute content as raw HTML. Since WordPress allows `data-*` attributes through `wp_kses_post()`, 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 clicks an image in the crafted carousel lightbox.

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Wed, 06 May 2026 09:45:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Shapedplugin
Shapedplugin carousel, Slider, Photo Gallery With Lightbox, Video Slider, By Wp Carousel
Shapedplugin wp Carousel
Wordpress
Wordpress wordpress
Vendors & Products Shapedplugin
Shapedplugin carousel, Slider, Photo Gallery With Lightbox, Video Slider, By Wp Carousel
Shapedplugin wp Carousel
Wordpress
Wordpress wordpress

Tue, 05 May 2026 15:15:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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Description The WP Carousel Free plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via crafted fancybox `data-caption` attributes in all versions up to, and including, 2.7.10. This is due to the `fancybox-config.js` script reading the carousel container's `id` attribute directly from the DOM to construct a jQuery selector without sanitization. When a Contributor crafts an HTML block with a malformed carousel container ID (containing characters invalid for jQuery selectors), the custom fancybox configuration throws a JavaScript error and fails to initialize. This causes the bundled fancybox library (v3.5.7) to fall back to its default caption handling, which renders the `data-caption` attribute content as raw HTML. Since WordPress allows `data-*` attributes through `wp_kses_post()`, 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 clicks an image in the crafted carousel lightbox.
Title WP Carousel Free <= 2.7.10 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'data-caption' Attribute
Weaknesses CWE-79
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Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.4, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Wordfence

Published:

Updated: 2026-05-05T14:13:17.289Z

Reserved: 2026-03-23T17:12:42.424Z

Link: CVE-2026-4665

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-05-05T13:47:07.116Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2026-05-05T04:16:17.687

Modified: 2026-05-05T19:08:20.090

Link: CVE-2026-4665

cve-icon Redhat

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-05-06T09:21:58Z

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