Stored Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability in Phlox Theme Plugin for WordPress
CVE-2024-3341

6.4MEDIUM

Key Information:

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

Summary

The Phlox theme plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to stored cross-site scripting due to inadequate input sanitization and output escaping on user-supplied attributes within the 'aux_gmaps' shortcode. This vulnerability allows authenticated attackers with contributor-level access or higher to inject malicious web scripts into pages. These scripts will execute whenever users access the affected pages, posing significant security risks to users and websites.

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

CVSS V3.1

Score:
6.4
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
Low
Integrity:
Low
Availability:
Low
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Changed

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Matthew Rollings
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