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CVE-2024-8486

Shortcodes and extra features for Phlox theme <= 2.16.3 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Modern Heading and Icon Picker Widgets



Description

The Shortcodes and extra features for Phlox theme plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the ‘url’ parameter in the Modern Heading and Icon Picker widgets all versions up to, and including, 2.16.3 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.

Reserved 2024-09-05 | Published 2024-10-05 | Updated 2024-10-07 | Assigner Wordfence


MEDIUM: 6.4CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Problem types

CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

Product status

Default status
unaffected

*
affected

Timeline

2024-10-04:Disclosed

Credits

Craig Smith finder

References

www.wordfence.com/...-3a99-47f2-9c3f-795dc0a4a792?source=cve

plugins.trac.wordpress.org/...tor/widgets/heading-modern.php

plugins.trac.wordpress.org/...tor/widgets/heading-modern.php

plugins.trac.wordpress.org/...des/elementor/widgets/icon.php

plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3161415/

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nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2024-8486)

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