WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities
Shortcodes and extra features for Phlox theme < 2.17.14 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Modern Heading Widget
Description
The Shortcodes and extra features for Phlox theme plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via a combination of the 'tag' and ‘title_tag’ parameters in all versions up to, and including, 2.17.13 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
Affects Plugins
References
Classification
Type
XSS
OWASP top 10
CWE
CVSS
Miscellaneous
Original Researcher
Abu Hurayra (HurayraIIT)
Verified
No
WPVDB ID
Timeline
Publicly Published
2026-01-09 (about 5 months ago)
Added
2026-01-10 (about 5 months ago)
Last Updated
2026-01-10 (about 5 months ago)