---
id: "CVE-2026-116404"
kind: "vulnerability"
aliases: ["CVE-2026-116404"]
title: "Redux Framework: missing authorization lets attackers read cached sensitive data"
severity: "medium"
cvss: 6.5
epss: null
exploited: false
status: "open"
category: "package"
products: []
ecosystems: []
tags: ["package", "redux-framework", "self-hosted", "wordpress"]
not_affected_if: ["plugin-not-installed"]
published_at: "2026-10-28T13:17:06+00:00"
first_seen_at: "2026-10-28T13:33:01+00:00"
updated_at: "2026-10-28T13:34:21+00:00"
sources: [{"source": "nvd", "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-116404", "first_seen_at": "2026-10-28T13:33:01+00:00"}]
---

# Redux Framework: missing authorization lets attackers read cached sensitive data

Redux Framework, a WordPress options framework, has a missing authorization check that lets an attacker pull sensitive data embedded in its cache. The advisory covers all versions through 4.5.16.

_Summary, check and fix written by a model from the sources; labelled as such._

## How to check

- Check the installed redux-framework plugin version in the WordPress admin plugins list or with `wp plugin get redux-framework --field=version`
- Confirm whether the site runs redux-framework at all with `wp plugin is-active redux-framework`

## Fix

- Update redux-framework to a release later than `4.5.16` once the vendor publishes a patched version (the sources do not name one)
- Until patched, unknown whether deactivating the plugin or rotating secrets stored in its options is required

## Timeline

- 2026-10-28T13:33:01+00:00 nvd https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-116404

## From the sources

Missing Authorization vulnerability in David Anderson Redux Framework redux-framework allows Lifting Sensitive Data Embedded in Cache.This issue affects Redux Framework: from n/a through 4.5.16.

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