CVEvulnerability
CVE-2024-3517
5.4 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2024-05-02
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 6.4 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 5.4 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-79
Description
The Shortcodes and extra features for Phlox theme plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the Accordion Widget in all versions up to, and including, 2.15.5 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor access and higher, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
Affected configurations
• averta shortcodes and extra features for phlox theme (< 2.15.6)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation weakness
References
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/auxin-elements/tags/2.15.5/includes/elementor/widgets/accordion.php#L745 Product
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3070155/#file5 plugins.trac.wordpress.org
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/a4541890-4c0d-4348-91df-42cf4b575514?source=cve Third Party Advisory
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/auxin-elements/tags/2.15.5/includes/elementor/widgets/accordion.php#L745 Product
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/a4541890-4c0d-4348-91df-42cf4b575514?source=cve Third Party Advisory