CVE-2025-14123 Redux Framework <= 4.5.11 – Authenticated (Subscriber+) Privilege Escalation via Users Extension
Authenticated subscribers can escalate privileges to Administrator by exploiting missing capability checks in the Redux Framework plugin's user profile handling.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-14123?
CVE-2025-14123 is a medium-severity vulnerability in davidanderson Redux Framework, published on 9 Oct 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
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.
Weakness: CWE-269
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-14123?
How do I fix CVE-2025-14123?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-14123 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2025-14123 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-14123 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-m6ch-xqmp-f54q.