# CVE-2019-16524: The easy-fancybox plugin before 1.8.18 for WordPress (aka Easy FancyBox) is susceptible to Stored XSS in the Settings Menu inc/class-easyfan

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2019-09-26 · Updated: 2024-08-05

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

The easy-fancybox plugin before 1.8.18 for WordPress (aka Easy FancyBox) is susceptible to Stored XSS in the Settings Menu inc/class-easyfancybox.php due to improper encoding of arbitrarily submitted settings parameters. This occurs because there is no inline styles output filter.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## References

- https://wordpress.org/plugins/easy-fancybox/#developers
- https://github.com/sbaresearch/advisories/tree/public/2019/SBA-ADV-20190911-01_Easy_FancyBox_WP_Plugin_Stored_XSS
- https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9891

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