Vulnerability CVE-2024-8486
Published: 2024-10-05

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.

 References:
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/09316a23-3a99-47f2-9c3f-795dc0a4a792?source=cve
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/auxin-elements/trunk/includes/elementor/widgets/heading-modern.php#L1168
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/auxin-elements/trunk/includes/elementor/widgets/heading-modern.php#L1205
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/auxin-elements/trunk/includes/elementor/widgets/icon.php#L397
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3161415/
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