Stored Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability in Phlox Theme Plugin for WordPress
CVE-2024-1396

5.4MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor: Wordpress
Status: Shortcodes And Extra Features For Phlox Theme
Vendor: CVE Published:; 2 May 2024

What is CVE-2024-1396?

The Phlox theme plugin for WordPress is susceptible to a stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability stemming from insufficient input sanitization and output escaping in the 'title_tag' parameter. This flaw allows authenticated attackers with contributor-level and higher permissions to inject malicious web scripts into pages. When users access these compromised pages, the injected scripts can be executed, potentially leading to unauthorized actions or data exposure.

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Affected Version(s)

Shortcodes and extra features for Phlox theme * <= 2.15.5

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id...

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/auxin-elements...

CVSS V3.1

Score:

5.4

Severity:

MEDIUM

Confidentiality:

Low

Integrity:

Low

Availability:

Low

Attack Vector:

Network

Attack Complexity:

Low

Privileges Required:

Low

User Interaction:

Required

Scope:

Changed

Timeline

Vulnerability published
May 2, 2024
Vulnerability Reserved
Feb 9, 2024

Credit

István Márton

Alex Thomas

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