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

5.4MEDIUM

Key Information:

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

What is CVE-2024-3341?

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.

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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
Apr 4, 2024

Credit

Matthew Rollings

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