# 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.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 9 Oct 2026
- **Updated:** 11 Oct 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-m6ch-xqmp-f54q

## 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 (Improper Privilege Management)

## 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.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-14123 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: 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.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-14123 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: davidanderson Redux Framework. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-14123/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-14123/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-14123
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-14123
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-14123

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-14123/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.