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CVE-2024-1357: Shortcodes and extra features for Phlox theme <= 2.15.7 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'aux_timeline' Shortcode

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.4 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2024-04-16 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-79

Description

The Shortcodes and extra features for Phlox theme plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's aux_timeline shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 2.15.7 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes such as thumb_mode and date_type. 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.

Affected products

• averta Shortcodes and extra features for Phlox theme: before 2.15.8 — fixed in 2.15.8

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: averta Shortcodes and extra features for Phlox theme 2.15.8. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3074455%40auxin-elements&new=3074455%40auxin-elements&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=#file8
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/fe175315-99ef-438a-b5b0-a5f190403116?source=cve
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/auxin-elements/trunk/includes/general-shortcodes.php#L310
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/fe175315-99ef-438a-b5b0-a5f190403116?source=cve

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