Medium 6.4Published Jan 10, 2026

CVE-2025-12379Shortcodes and extra features for Phlox theme <= 2.17.13 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Modern Heading Widget

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 27, 2026, 11:50 PM ET)

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Exploited in the last 30 days

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.

CVSS: 6.4 MEDIUM (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Weakness (CWE): CWE-79
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: Wordfence
NVD analysis: Deferred
Record last updated: Apr 8, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

averta Shortcodes and extra features for Phlox theme averta:shortcodes_and_extra_features_for_phlox_theme (from the name)	through 2.17.13	CNA record

References

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/1144e0d9-692e-45a5-ac63-bcdd64a8bd8a?source=cve
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/auxin-elements/tags/2.17.12/includes/elementor/widgets/heading-modern.php#L1194
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3429103/auxin-elements/trunk/includes/elementor/widgets/heading-modern.php

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