The Shortcodes and extra features for Phlox theme plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the ‘url’ parameter in the Modern Heading and Icon Picker widgets all versions up to, and including, 2.16.3 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.
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Description | The Shortcodes and extra features for Phlox theme plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the ‘url’ parameter in the Modern Heading and Icon Picker widgets all versions up to, and including, 2.16.3 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. | |
Title | Shortcodes and extra features for Phlox theme <= 2.16.3 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Modern Heading and Icon Picker Widgets | |
Weaknesses | CWE-79 | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Wordfence
Published: 2024-10-05T07:39:00.891Z
Updated: 2024-10-07T14:18:58.205Z
Reserved: 2024-09-05T16:18:33.733Z
Link: CVE-2024-8486

Updated: 2024-10-07T14:18:53.710Z

Status : Analyzed
Published: 2024-10-05T08:15:02.417
Modified: 2025-05-22T14:26:39.860
Link: CVE-2024-8486

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