Medium severity6.4NVD Advisory· Published May 2, 2024· Updated Apr 8, 2026
CVE-2024-1396
CVE-2024-1396
Description
The Shortcodes and extra features for Phlox theme plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the ‘title_tag’ parameter in all versions up to, and including, 2.15.7 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level and above permissions to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
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Affected products
1- cpe:2.3:a:averta:shortcodes_and_extra_features_for_phlox_theme:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*Range: <2.15.8
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
5- www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/546aee7b-60a6-44bc-8664-0e917974cb6dnvdPatchThird Party Advisory
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/auxin-elements/tags/2.15.5/includes/elementor/widgets/theme-elements/site-title.phpnvdProduct
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/auxin-elements/tags/2.15.5/includes/elementor/widgets/theme-elements/site-title.phpnvdProduct
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/auxin-elements/tags/2.15.5/includes/elementor/widgets/theme-elements/site-title.phpnvdProduct
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changesetnvd
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