Medium severity6.4NVD Advisory· Published Dec 21, 2024· Updated Apr 8, 2026
CVE-2024-9545
CVE-2024-9545
Description
The Shortcodes and extra features for Phlox theme plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's aux_contact_box and aux_gmaps shortcodes in all versions up to, and including, 2.17.0 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. 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.
Affected products
1- cpe:2.3:a:averta:shortcodes_and_extra_features_for_phlox_theme:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*Range: <2.17.1
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
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References
5- www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/65ee0ac8-3fa0-4a7d-a786-36a914242634nvdThird Party Advisory
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/auxin-elements/tags/2.16.2/includes/elements/contact-box.phpnvdProduct
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/auxin-elements/tags/2.16.2/includes/elements/gmap.phpnvdProduct
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3209891/auxin-elements/trunk/includes/elements/contact-box.phpnvd
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3209891/auxin-elements/trunk/includes/elements/gmap.phpnvd
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