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WordPress Flying Images plugin <= 2.4.15 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability

Affects the Flying Images WordPress plugin version 2.4.15 and earlier, by Gijo Varghese. Fixed in 2.4.16.

Written by anthropic/claude-haiku-5.5 from the sources below. Verify against them.

7.1HighCNA
Exploited
No known exploitation
Fix
Fixed in 2.4.16
Who is exposed
Specific setups only

Do first: Check whether your setup matches what the bug needs. Flying Images plugin version 2.4.15 or earlier

Published
Last modified
19/100 · provisional
Specific setups only
None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub
  • Exploitation: none
  • Automatable: no
  • Technical impact: partial

Summary

The Flying Images plugin for WordPress has a stored cross-site scripting flaw that lets an attacker inject malicious scripts into web pages. It can be reached remotely without logging in, but a user must take some action before the script runs.

Read the original description

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Gijo Varghese Flying Images nazy-load allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Flying Images: from n/a through 2.4.15.

cve.now Index

19Pcve.now Index 19 of 100 · methodology v3 · provisional
  • Exploitation0/40No signal
  • Exposure12/25Specific setups only, reachable over the network without a login
  • Reach?/20Unknown. No tracked technology or package matched
  • Severity7.1/10CVSS 7.1
  • No patch0/5No signal

What would change the score

  • Would score about 69 if added to CISA KEV
  • Would score about 64 if CISA's SSVC rates exploitation active

What to do

  • Check whether your setup matches what the bug needs.

    Flying Images plugin version 2.4.15 or earlier
  • Upgrade to a fixed version: 2.4.16.

Timeline

  1. CVE published
  2. First seen by cve.now
  3. CISA SSVC assessment

    Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial

  4. Record last updated

Affected versions

  • nazy-load

    through 2.4.15

Evidence 1

  1. Link

Corrections

None so far.

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Questions about CVE-2026-121780

Is CVE-2026-121780 being exploited?

It is not in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, and CISA's SSVC assessment does not mark exploitation as active. That does not mean it has not been attacked: vendors and researchers can report attacks before CISA lists them. No public exploit code is tracked.Source: cve.now feed data

What does this mean?

The plugin fails to properly sanitize input, which lets an attacker inject malicious scripts into pages of the site. Visitors' browsers can then run those scripts, which may steal visitor data or hijack accounts.Source: patchstack.com

Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-121780?

nazy-load: through 2.4.15.Source: cve.now feed data

Am I affected, and how do I check?

Flying Images plugin version 2.4.15 and earlier are affected. To check, look at the installed plugin version in the WordPress admin Plugins page.Source: patchstack.com

How do I fix CVE-2026-121780?

Update the Flying Images plugin to version 2.4.16 or later.Source: patchstack.com