CVE-2026-2479
The Responsive Lightbox & Gallery plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Server-Side Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 2.7.1.
Published Feb 25, 2026 · updated Jun 17, 2026
The Responsive Lightbox & Gallery plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Server-Side Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 2.7.1. This is due to the use of for substring-based hostname validation instead of strict host comparison in the function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Author-level access and above, to make web requests to arbitrary locations originating from the web application, which can be used to query and modify information from internal services.
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Feb 25, 2026 · NIST NVD
Detected
The Responsive Lightbox & Gallery plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Server-Side Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 2.7.1. This is due to the use of for substring-based hostname validation instead of strict host comparison in the function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Author-level access and above, to make web requests to arbitrary locations origin
Jun 17, 2026 · NIST NVD
Updated
The Responsive Lightbox & Gallery plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Server-Side Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 2.7.1. This is due to the use of for substring-based hostname validation instead of strict host comparison in the function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Author-level access and above, to make web requests to arbitrary locations origin
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- CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2026-2479
Official CVE identifier
cve.org - NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2026-2479
The Responsive Lightbox & Gallery plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Server-Side Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 2.7.1. This is due to the use of for substring-based hostname validation instead of strict host comparison in the `ajax_upload_imag
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