WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities

Shortcodes and extra features for Phlox theme < 2.15.5 - Contributor+ Stored XSS

Description

The plugin does not validate and escape some of its shortcode attributes before outputting them back in a page/post where the shortcode is embed, which could allow users with the contributor role and above to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks

Affects Plugins

Plugin icon
auxin-elements
Fixed in 2.15.5

References

CVE
CVE-2023-50368
URL
https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/auxin-elements/wordpress-shortcodes-and-extra-features-for-phlox-theme-plugin-2-15-2-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability

Classification

Type
XSS
OWASP top 10
A7: Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
CWE
CWE-79
CVSS
5.9 (medium)

Miscellaneous

Original Researcher
Ngô Thiên An (ancorn_)
Verified
No
WPVDB ID
4ece057c-746e-4448-82b0-d790afb34960

Timeline

Publicly Published
2023-12-06 (about 2 years ago)
Added
2023-12-11 (about 2 years ago)
Last Updated
2024-08-12 (about 1 year ago)

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