CVE-2024-1396
The Shortcodes and extra features for Phlox theme plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the ‘title_tag’ parameter in all versions up to, and including, 2.15.7 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping.
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.41%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
The Shortcodes and extra features for Phlox theme plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the ‘title_tag’ parameter in all versions up to, and including, 2.15.7 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level and above permissions to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
- CVSS 3.1
- 5.4 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.41% probability · 35th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-79
- Affected
- averta/shortcodes and extra features for phlox theme
- Source
- security@wordfence.com
References
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3074455%40auxin-elements&new=3074455%40auxin-elements&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=#file8
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/546aee7b-60a6-44bc-8664-0e917974cb6d?source=cvePatch, Third Party Advisory
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/auxin-elements/tags/2.15.5/includes/elementor/widgets/theme-elements/site-title.php#L511Product
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/auxin-elements/tags/2.15.5/includes/elementor/widgets/theme-elements/site-title.php#L512Product
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/auxin-elements/tags/2.15.5/includes/elementor/widgets/theme-elements/site-title.php#L513Product
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/546aee7b-60a6-44bc-8664-0e917974cb6d?source=cvePatch, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.