TI-2025-43896 Aliases CVE-2025-14123 GHSA-m6ch-xqmp-f54q

Privilege escalation in Redux Framework lets subscribers set roles

LOW 32CWE-269Published 2026-10-09 · Updated 2026-10-11

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: Low
User interaction: None
Attack complexity: High
Impact type: Privilege escalation
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: High · High · None
Fix status: No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-269.

Summary

The Redux Framework plugin for WordPress is vulnerable in all versions up to and including 4.5.11. Improper privilege management (CWE-269) lets the plugin save arbitrary meta keys without capability checks or key restrictions. An authenticated attacker with Subscriber-level access or higher can set an arbitrary role, such as Administrator, during a profile update when a plugin or theme using the framework has added at least one user profile field.

Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-29

Description from the CNA

The Redux Framework plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in all versions up to, and including, 4.5.11. This is due to the plugin saving arbitrary meta keys under a registered option name without sufficient capability checks or key allowlist / restrictions. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to set an arbitrary role (e.g., Administrator) when performing a profile update if a plugin or theme using this framework has added at least one user profile field that leverages Redux_Users::set_profile/set_section/set_field.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV

EPSS 0.0023 13th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation: None
Automatable: No
Technical impact: Total

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
davidanderson	Redux Framework	up to 4.5.11	—	No fix listed	CNA

Redux Framework Vendordavidanderson Affected up to 4.5.11 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

Remediation

The sources list no fixed version for Redux Framework.

Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-29

Timeline

2026-10-09 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-14123
2026-10-09 Alias added: GHSA-m6ch-xqmp-f54q
2026-10-10 Priority changed: MEDIUM → LOW
2026-10-11 CISA SSVC decision points changed

References

Other 2

TI-2026-09266 UpdraftPlus: WP Backup & Migration Plugin <= 1.26.4 - Unauthenticated Authentication Bypass via UpdraftCentral udrpc CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.1
TI-2026-07417 All-In-One Security (AIOS) <= 5.4.7 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via REST API Request Path CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.2
TI-2024-10156 UpdraftPlus: WP Backup & Migration Plugin 1.23.8 - 1.24.11 - Unauthenticated PHP Object Injection CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
TI-2024-06331 Redux Framework 4.4.12 - 4.4.17 - Unauthenticated JSON File Upload to Stored Cross-Site Scripting CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.2
TI-2026-06366 WP-Optimize <= 4.5.2 - Authenticated (Author+) Arbitrary File Deletion via 'original-file' Post Meta CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.1
TI-2026-75997 Stored XSS in European VAT Compliance Assistant for WooCommerce CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.2

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Sources

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