
Lightbox with PhotoSwipe Security & Risk Analysis
wordpress.org/plugins/lightbox-photoswipeIntegration of PhotoSwipe (http://photoswipe.com) for WordPress.
Is Lightbox with PhotoSwipe Safe to Use in 2026?
Generally Safe
Score 100/100Lightbox with PhotoSwipe has no known CVEs and is actively maintained. It's a solid choice for most WordPress installations.
The "lightbox-photoswipe" plugin v5.8.3 exhibits a generally good security posture based on the provided static analysis. The absence of any known CVEs and a lack of critical or high-severity taint flows are positive indicators. The plugin also demonstrates responsible coding practices by utilizing prepared statements for a significant portion of its SQL queries and performing a respectable number of file operations with a single nonce check present. However, there are notable areas for improvement. The most significant concern is the low percentage of properly escaped output (16%), which suggests a high risk of Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities. While the attack surface is small, the lack of explicit capability checks for the single shortcode entry point could also present a potential risk if the shortcode performs sensitive operations.
Key Concerns
- Low output escaping percentage (16%)
- No capability checks for shortcode
Lightbox with PhotoSwipe Security Vulnerabilities
Lightbox with PhotoSwipe Code Analysis
SQL Query Safety
Output Escaping
Lightbox with PhotoSwipe Attack Surface
Shortcodes 1
WordPress Hooks 11
Maintenance & Trust
Lightbox with PhotoSwipe Maintenance & Trust
Maintenance Signals
Community Trust
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Lightbox with PhotoSwipe Developer Profile
5 plugins · 29K total installs
How We Detect Lightbox with PhotoSwipe
Patterns used to identify this plugin on WordPress sites during automated security audits and web crawling.
Asset Fingerprints
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