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1 vulnerability found for Meta Box – A Framework for Dynamic Websites by metabox
CVE-2026-109216 (GCVE-0-2026-109216)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-10-29 11:27
Modified
2026-10-29 12:36
Severity ?
VLAI Severity ?
EPSS score ?
CWE
- CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation
Summary
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
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| metabox | Meta Box – A Framework for Dynamic Websites |
Version: 0 ≤ 5.15.2 |
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