Stored Cross-Site Scripting in Enable Media Replace Plugin for WordPress
CVE-2026-5714

6.4MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor

WordPress
Status
Enable Media Replace
Vendor
CVE Published:
9 June 2026

What is CVE-2026-5714?

The Enable Media Replace plugin for WordPress suffers from a vulnerability allowing stored cross-site scripting. This issue arises from inadequate input sanitization and output escaping associated with the 'location_dir' parameter. Authenticated attackers with Author-level access can exploit this flaw to inject arbitrary web scripts into pages. Such scripts can execute whenever a user accesses the compromised page, potentially leading to unauthorized actions and data exposure.

Affected Version(s)

Enable Media Replace 0 <= 4.1.8

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id...
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/enable-media-r...
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/enable-media-r...

CVSS V3.1

Score:
6.4
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
Low
Integrity:
Low
Availability:
Low
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Changed

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Christofer Roth
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