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Medium severity · published Jun 9, 2026
CVE-2026-5714
Enable Media Replace <= 4.1.8 - Authenticated (Author+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'location_dir' Parameter
6.4
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The Enable Media Replace plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the ‘location_dir’ parameter in all versions up to, and including, 4.1.8 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Author-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 17% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
EM
Enable Media Replace · shortpixel
through 4.1.8 · source: vendor
Affected product
EM
Enable Media Replace
shortpixel
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-5714
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-5714
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/enable-media-replace/tags/4.1.8/classes/ViewController/UploadViewController.php#L108
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/enable-media-replace/tags/4.1.8/views/screen.php#L228
www.wordfence.com
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/c6e8a78b-01ad-47b2-84e6-4f6ff78c02b6?source=cve
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