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.
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Sat, 10 Jan 2026 14:00:00 +0000

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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.
Title Shortcodes and extra features for Phlox theme <= 2.17.13 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Modern Heading Widget
Weaknesses CWE-79
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.4, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Wordfence

Published:

Updated: 2026-01-10T13:47:35.146Z

Reserved: 2025-10-28T00:38:54.310Z

Link: CVE-2025-12379

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-01-10T14:15:49.690

Modified: 2026-01-10T14:15:49.690

Link: CVE-2025-12379

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