# CVE-2026-120533: Redux Framework <= 4.5.16 - Authenticated (Custom+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via theme_opts Parameter via User Profile Status: published. Published: 2026-11-05. Updated: 2026-11-05. The Redux Framework plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via theme_opts Parameter via User Profile in all versions up to, and including, 4.5.16 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. Successful exploitation requires the host theme to have registered a Redux field of a CSS-emitting type (such as link_color, border, or typography) with an output CSS selector, as only the field types 'spinner', 'slider', 'color', and 'date' receive per-type value validation that would block the entity-encoded payload. ## Remediation No remediation reported in collected sources ## Affected products and versions - davidanderson / Redux Framework: ≥ 0; ≤ 4.5.16 (affected, semver). Source: CNA: Wordfence ## Severity and prioritization - CVSS 3.1: 6.4 (medium); CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N; source: CNA: Wordfence - CVSS 3.1: 6.4 (medium); CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N; source: NVD: security@wordfence.com - CISA KEV: No listing in collected sources - EPSS: Not available - SSVC: Not available - Weaknesses: CWE-79 ## Exploit evidence No exploit evidence in collected sources. This is not proof of no exploitation. ## References - https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/b256c288-07ea-46a2-ae76-0f90b4a33b6e?source=cve (CNA: Wordfence) - https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/redux-framework/tags/4.5.15/redux-core/inc/classes/class-redux-output.php#L162 (CNA: Wordfence) - https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/redux-framework/tags/4.5.15/redux-core/inc/classes/class-redux-output.php#L324 (CNA: Wordfence) - https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/redux-framework/tags/4.5.15/redux-core/inc/classes/class-redux-helpers.php#L1110 (CNA: Wordfence) - https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/redux-framework/tags/4.5.15/redux-core/inc/fields/link_color/class-redux-link-color.php#L232 (CNA: Wordfence) - https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/redux-framework/tags/4.5.15/redux-core/inc/fields/link_color/class-redux-link-color.php#L309 (CNA: Wordfence) - https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/redux-framework/tags/4.5.15/redux-core/inc/extensions/users/class-redux-extension-users.php#L1022 (CNA: Wordfence) - https://github.com/reduxframework/redux-framework/pull/4124/ (CNA: Wordfence) - https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?reponame=&new=3779521%40redux-framework%2Ftags%2F4.5.17&old=3741037%40redux-framework%2Ftags%2F4.5.16 (CNA: Wordfence) - https://github.com/reduxframework/redux-framework/pull/4124/ (security@wordfence.com) - https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/redux-framework/tags/4.5.15/redux-core/inc/classes/class-redux-helpers.php#L1110 (security@wordfence.com) - https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/redux-framework/tags/4.5.15/redux-core/inc/classes/class-redux-output.php#L162 (security@wordfence.com) - https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/redux-framework/tags/4.5.15/redux-core/inc/classes/class-redux-output.php#L324 (security@wordfence.com) - https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/redux-framework/tags/4.5.15/redux-core/inc/extensions/users/class-redux-extension-users.php#L1022 (security@wordfence.com) - https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/redux-framework/tags/4.5.15/redux-core/inc/fields/link_color/class-redux-link-color.php#L232 (security@wordfence.com) - https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/redux-framework/tags/4.5.15/redux-core/inc/fields/link_color/class-redux-link-color.php#L309 (security@wordfence.com) - https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?reponame=&new=3779521%40redux-framework%2Ftags%2F4.5.17&old=3741037%40redux-framework%2Ftags%2F4.5.16 (security@wordfence.com) - https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/b256c288-07ea-46a2-ae76-0f90b4a33b6e?source=cve (security@wordfence.com) ## Provenance - CNA: Wordfence: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-120533; retrieved 2026-11-05; source updated 2026-11-05 - NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-120533; retrieved 2026-11-05; source updated 2026-11-05 Revision: 43bc95da8c0af5d4fcc9248f32810cb331d55a6c6d2ceb378b4bd77be46f82a0 Canonical: https://y2.dev/cve/CVE-2026-120533 ## Agent and API access Public CVE pages, Markdown, and JSON are free to read without an account or API key. - Public catalog: https://y2.dev/cve/index.json. 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