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

Fixed in 2.17.14

References

Classification

Type
XSS
CWE

Miscellaneous

Original Researcher
Abu Hurayra (HurayraIIT)
Verified
No

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)

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