Shortcodes and extra features for Phlox theme, CVE-2024-8486

CVE, Research URL: CVE-2024-8486
Home page URL: Security reports for Shortcodes and extra features for Phlox theme
Application: Shortcodes and extra features for Phlox theme
Published on: Oct 05, 2024
Research 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.
Affected versions: max 2.16.4.
Status: vulnerable