Stored Cross-Site Scripting in Phlox Theme Plugin for WordPress
CVE-2025-12379
Key Information:
- Vendor
WordPress
- Vendor
- CVE Published:
- 10 January 2026
What is CVE-2025-12379?
The Phlox theme plugin for WordPress is susceptible to stored cross-site scripting vulnerabilities due to inadequate input sanitization and output escaping methods. This vulnerability arises from the handling of 'tag' and 'title_tag' parameters, which allows authenticated users with Contributor-level access or higher to inject malicious scripts. If exploited, these scripts can execute when other users access the compromised pages, potentially leading to unauthorized data access or user impersonation.

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Affected Version(s)
Shortcodes and extra features for Phlox theme * <= 2.17.13
References
CVSS V3.1
Timeline
Vulnerability published
Vulnerability Reserved