CVE-2026-109216

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Description

The Meta Box – A Framework for Dynamic Websites plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'profile_background[<attacker-chosen key>]' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 5.15.2 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. Exploitability depends on a consuming plugin or theme built on Meta Box that exposes the background field to lower-privileged users and renders stored values via the rwmb_the_value()/format_single_value() pattern; the effective minimum privilege is whatever role that consumer permits, demonstrated at Subscriber level.

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/7a8948f5-8bcf-48f2-b3a6-bfa24ba9bef0?source=cve

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/meta-box/tags/5.15.3/inc/fields/background.php

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/meta-box/tags/5.15.2/inc/sanitizer.php#L170

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/meta-box/tags/5.15.2/inc/fields/background.php#L154

https://github.com/wpmetabox/meta-box/pull/1709

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2026-112746

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-10-29

Updated: 2026-10-29

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 3.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N

Severity: Low

CVSS v3

Base Score: 4.9

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00228