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Vulnerability record · CVE-2015-1494 · published 17 February 2015

CVE-2015-1494: Colorlib fancybox cross-site scripting vulnerability

Colorlib · Fancybox

The FancyBox for WordPress plugin before 3.0.3 for WordPress does not properly restrict access, which allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via an mfbfw[*] parameter in an update action to wp-admin/admin-post.php, as demonstrated by the mfbfw[padding] parameter and exploited in the wild in February 2015.

4.3 CVSS 2.0 Medium EPSS 6.4% · top 6.6% CWE-79 · Cross-site scripting
4.3CVSS 2.0 base score
6.4%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
16References, 4 tagged exploit
17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

The FancyBox for WordPress plugin before 3.0.3 for WordPress does not properly restrict access, which allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via an mfbfw[*] parameter in an update action to wp-admin/admin-post.php, as demonstrated by the mfbfw[padding] parameter and exploited in the wild in February 2015.

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
http://blog.sucuri.net/2015/02/zero-day-in-the-fancybox-for-wordpress-plugin.html Third Party Advisory
http://osvdb.org/show/osvdb/118543 Broken Link
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/36087 ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/02/05/10 Mailing List
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72506 Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/1082625/ Issue Tracking
https://wordpress.org/plugins/fancybox-for-wordpress/changelog/ Patch
https://wordpress.org/support/topic/possible-malware-2 Exploit
http://blog.sucuri.net/2015/02/zero-day-in-the-fancybox-for-wordpress-plugin.html Third Party Advisory
http://osvdb.org/show/osvdb/118543 Broken Link
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/36087 ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/02/05/10 Mailing List
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72506 Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/1082625/ Issue Tracking
https://wordpress.org/plugins/fancybox-for-wordpress/changelog/ Patch
https://wordpress.org/support/topic/possible-malware-2 Exploit

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2015-1494), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.