Known vulnerabilities in WP Colorbox

View image, video (YouTube, Vimeo), page, inline HTML, custom content in lightbox. Add jQuery Colorbox lightbox effect to your WordPress site.

2Reported vulnerabilities

6.4Highest CVSS score

1.1.6Latest version

5,000+Active installs

What to do now

Update WP Colorbox to 1.1.6 or later. 2 of these have a fixed version available. Updating resolves them.

Plugin last updated: August 16, 2025 / Tested up to WordPress: 6.8.8 / View on wordpress.org

Reported vulnerabilities

Ordered by how urgently they need attention — whether a vulnerability is actually being exploited, and how likely exploitation is, rather than CVSS severity alone.

CVE	Severity	Exploit probability next 30 days	Affected versions	Fixed in	Published
CVE-2025-49397	Medium 6.4	0.2%	1.1.5 and earlier	`1.1.6`	August 20, 2025
WF-969b54d4-50db-4a2f-afa1-e22b29af661e	Medium 6.1	—	1.1.4 and earlier	`1.1.5`	August 14, 2020

Sources: vulnerability records from NVD, exploitation from CISA KEV, exploit probability from EPSS. Affected versions come from CPE ranges or from the reporting CNA.