CVE-2026-5399
The Redux Framework plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the Slider field in User Profile settings in versions up to and including 4.5.13.1.
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.33%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
The Redux Framework plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the Slider field in User Profile settings in versions up to and including 4.5.13.1. This is due to insufficient input sanitization in the user_meta_save() function (which only sanitizes array values, not scalar values) and improper output escaping in the Redux_Slider::render() method, which outputs slider values into unquoted HTML attributes. The vulnerability also exploits the fact that the clean_default() method only casts values to numeric types when they are empty or out of bounds, allowing malicious strings like '1 tabindex=0 autofocus onfocus=alert(1) x=' to pass validation through PHP's loose type comparison. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts into their user profile that will execute whenever an Administrator navigates to view the attacker's profile page.
- CVSS 3.1
- 6.4 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.33% probability · 27th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-79
- Source
- security@wordfence.com
References
- https://github.com/reduxframework/redux-framework/pull/4112/changes
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/redux-framework/tags/4.5.10/redux-core/inc/extensions/users/class-redux-extension-users.php#L1018
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/redux-framework/tags/4.5.10/redux-core/inc/fields/slider/class-redux-slider.php#L311
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/redux-framework/trunk/redux-core/inc/extensions/users/class-redux-extension-users.php#L1018
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/redux-framework/trunk/redux-core/inc/fields/slider/class-redux-slider.php#L311
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/31c554cf-eee9-45a8-8fb6-198978620204?source=cve
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.