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CVE-2024-6828: Redux Framework 4.4.12 - 4.4.17 - Unauthenticated JSON File Upload to Stored Cross-Site Scripting
- Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v3.1)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 1.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: none known
- Published: 2024-07-23 · updated 2026-06-17
- Weakness: CWE-434
Description
The Redux Framework plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthenticated JSON file uploads due to missing authorization and capability checks on the Redux_Color_Scheme_Import function in versions 4.4.12 to 4.4.17. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to upload JSON files, which can be used to conduct stored cross-site scripting attacks and, in some rare cases, when the wp_filesystem fails to initialize - to Remote Code Execution.
Affected products
- Redux.io Gutenberg Template Library & Redux Framework: from 4.4.12 through 4.4.17
References
- https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/6.5.4/src/wp-includes/class-wp-theme-json.php#L1690
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/redux-framework/tags/4.4.17/redux-core/inc/classes/class-redux-filesystem.php#L614
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/redux-framework/tags/4.4.17/redux-core/inc/classes/class-redux-helpers.php#L938
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/redux-framework/tags/4.4.17/redux-core/inc/extensions/color_scheme/color_scheme/class-redux-color-scheme-import.php#L75
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/redux-framework/tags/4.4.17/redux-core/inc/fields/typography/redux-typography.js#L646
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/redux-framework/trunk/redux-core/inc/classes/class-redux-filesystem.php#L166
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/18a37063-31aa-4b1f-b1a5-1ea921a20686?source=cve
- https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/6.5.4/src/wp-includes/class-wp-theme-json.php#L1690
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/redux-framework/tags/4.4.17/redux-core/inc/classes/class-redux-filesystem.php#L614
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/redux-framework/tags/4.4.17/redux-core/inc/classes/class-redux-helpers.php#L938
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/redux-framework/tags/4.4.17/redux-core/inc/extensions/color_scheme/color_scheme/class-redux-color-scheme-import.php#L75
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/redux-framework/tags/4.4.17/redux-core/inc/fields/typography/redux-typography.js#L646
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