The Shortcodes and extra features for Phlox theme plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via a combination of the 'tag' and ‘title_tag’ parameters in all versions up to, and including, 2.17.13 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.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00037.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions
averta Shortcodes and extra features for Phlox theme unaffected
Version Status Constraints
* affected ≤ 2.17.13

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References
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https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/auxin-elements/tags/2.17.12/includes/elementor/widgets/heading-modern.php#L1194 cve-icon cve-icon
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3429103/auxin-elements/trunk/includes/elementor/widgets/heading-modern.php cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/1144e0d9-692e-45a5-ac63-bcdd64a8bd8a?source=cve cve-icon cve-icon
History

Mon, 12 Jan 2026 19:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Mon, 12 Jan 2026 14:45:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Averta
Averta shortcodes And Extra Features For Phlox Theme
Wordpress
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Vendors & Products Averta
Averta shortcodes And Extra Features For Phlox Theme
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Description The Shortcodes and extra features for Phlox theme plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via a combination of the 'tag' and ‘title_tag’ parameters in all versions up to, and including, 2.17.13 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.
Title Shortcodes and extra features for Phlox theme <= 2.17.13 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Modern Heading Widget
Weaknesses CWE-79
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.4, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N'}

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Wordfence

Published:

Updated: 2026-01-12T18:29:20.473Z

Reserved: 2025-10-28T00:38:54.310Z

Link: CVE-2025-12379

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Updated: 2026-01-12T18:29:17.138Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-01-10T14:15:49.690

Modified: 2026-01-13T14:03:18.990

Link: CVE-2025-12379

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Updated: 2026-01-12T14:36:16Z

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