Shortcodes and extra features for Phlox theme: known security problems
23 known security problems reported for this WordPress plugin, with the affected versions, the fix and what to do.
Updated
In short
There are 23 known security problems on this page. 22 of them have a fixed version. Updating to version 2.17.24 or newer covers every fixed problem listed here.
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A stranger could use it to harm your site (up to and including 2.17.22)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 2.17.22
- Fixed in
- No fixed version yet
- What to do
- There is no fixed version yet. If your site uses it, think about turning it off or replacing it until a fix comes out.
- Official ID
- CVE-2026-74008
- Report title
- Shortcodes and extra features for Phlox theme <= 2.17.22 - Unauthenticated Information Exposure
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone with a contributor account on your site could plant harmful code that runs for your visitors or admins (up to and including 2.17.22)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 2.17.22
- Fixed in
- 2.17.24
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Shortcodes and extra features for Phlox theme to version 2.17.24 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2026-57737
- Report title
- Shortcodes and extra features for Phlox theme <= 2.17.22 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone with a contributor account on your site could plant harmful code that runs for your visitors or admins (up to and including 2.17.13)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 2.17.13
- Fixed in
- 2.17.14
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Shortcodes and extra features for Phlox theme to version 2.17.14 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2025-12379
- Report title
- Shortcodes and extra features for Phlox theme <= 2.17.13 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Modern Heading Widget
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
A stranger could use it to harm your site (up to and including 2.17.13)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 2.17.13
- Fixed in
- 2.17.14
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Shortcodes and extra features for Phlox theme to version 2.17.14 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2025-13215
- Report title
- Shortcodes and extra features for Phlox theme <= 2.17.13 - Unauthenticated Draft Posts Information Exposure
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone could do things on your site they should not be allowed to (up to and including 2.17.22)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 2.17.22
- Fixed in
- 2.17.24
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Shortcodes and extra features for Phlox theme to version 2.17.24 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2025-69016
- Report title
- Shortcodes and extra features for Phlox <= 2.17.22 - Missing Authorization
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
A stranger could use it to harm your site (up to and including 2.17.13) (2)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 2.17.13
- Fixed in
- 2.17.14
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Shortcodes and extra features for Phlox theme to version 2.17.14 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2025-63071
- Report title
- Shortcodes and extra features for Phlox <= 2.17.13 - Unauthenticated Information Exposure
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone could do things on your site they should not be allowed to (up to and including 2.17.4)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 2.17.4
- Fixed in
- 2.17.5
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Shortcodes and extra features for Phlox theme to version 2.17.5 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2024-50500
- Report title
- Shortcodes and extra features for Phlox theme <= 2.17.4 - Missing Authorization
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone with a contributor account on your site could plant harmful code that runs for your visitors or admins (up to and including 2.17.2)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 2.17.2
- Fixed in
- 2.17.3
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Shortcodes and extra features for Phlox theme to version 2.17.3 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2024-12588
- Report title
- Shortcodes and extra features for Phlox theme <= 2.17.2 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Staff Widget
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone with a contributor account on your site could plant harmful code that runs for your visitors or admins (up to and including 2.17.0)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 2.17.0
- Fixed in
- 2.17.1
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Shortcodes and extra features for Phlox theme to version 2.17.1 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2024-9545
- Report title
- Shortcodes and extra features for Phlox theme <= 2.17.0 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via aux_contact_box and aux_gmaps Shortcodes
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone with a contributor account on your site could plant harmful code that runs for your visitors or admins (up to and including 2.16.3)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 2.16.3
- Fixed in
- 2.16.4
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Shortcodes and extra features for Phlox theme to version 2.16.4 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2024-8486
- Report title
- Shortcodes and extra features for Phlox theme <= 2.16.3 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Modern Heading and Icon Picker Widgets
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone with a contributor account on your site could plant harmful code that runs for your visitors or admins (up to and including 2.15.7)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 2.15.7
- Fixed in
- 2.15.8
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Shortcodes and extra features for Phlox theme to version 2.15.8 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2024-1348
- Report title
- Shortcodes and extra features for Phlox theme <= 2.15.7 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Custom JS
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone with a contributor account on your site could plant harmful code that runs for your visitors or admins (up to and including 2.15.7) (2)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 2.15.7
- Fixed in
- 2.15.8
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Shortcodes and extra features for Phlox theme to version 2.15.8 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2024-3341
- Report title
- Shortcodes and extra features for Phlox theme <= 2.15.7 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'aux_gmaps' Shortcode
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone with a contributor account on your site could plant harmful code that runs for your visitors or admins (up to and including 2.15.7) (3)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 2.15.7
- Fixed in
- 2.15.8
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Shortcodes and extra features for Phlox theme to version 2.15.8 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2024-1396
- Report title
- Shortcodes and extra features for Phlox theme <= 2.15.7 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'title_tag'
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone with a contributor account on your site could plant harmful code that runs for your visitors or admins (up to and including 2.15.7) (4)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 2.15.7
- Fixed in
- 2.15.8
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Shortcodes and extra features for Phlox theme to version 2.15.8 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2024-1533
- Report title
- Shortcodes and extra features for Phlox theme <= 2.15.7 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone with a contributor account on your site could plant harmful code that runs for your visitors or admins (up to and including 2.15.5)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 2.15.5
- Fixed in
- 2.15.6
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Shortcodes and extra features for Phlox theme to version 2.15.6 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2024-3517
- Report title
- Shortcodes and extra features for Phlox theme <= 2.15.5 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Accordion Widget
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Anyone with an account on your site, even a basic one could in some setups, take over your site
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 2.17.5
- Fixed in
- 2.17.6
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Shortcodes and extra features for Phlox theme to version 2.17.6 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2023-7064
- Report title
- Shortcodes and extra features for Phlox theme <= 2.17.5 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) PHP Object Injection via auxin_template_control_importer
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone with a contributor account on your site could plant harmful code that runs for your visitors or admins (up to and including 2.15.7) (5)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 2.15.7
- Fixed in
- 2.15.8
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Shortcodes and extra features for Phlox theme to version 2.15.8 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2024-1357
- Report title
- Shortcodes and extra features for Phlox theme <= 2.15.7 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'aux_timeline' Shortcode
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone could do things on your site they should not be allowed to (up to and including 2.15.5)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 2.15.5
- Fixed in
- 2.15.8
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Shortcodes and extra features for Phlox theme to version 2.15.8 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2024-31099
- Report title
- Shortcodes and extra features for Phlox theme <= 2.15.8 - Missing Authorization
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone with a contributor account on your site could plant harmful code that runs for your visitors or admins (up to and including 2.15.4)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 2.15.4
- Fixed in
- 2.15.5
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Shortcodes and extra features for Phlox theme to version 2.15.5 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2023-50368
- Report title
- Shortcodes and extra features for Phlox theme <= 2.15.4 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via shortcode
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
A stranger could read or delete private files on your server
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 2.14.0
- Fixed in
- 2.15.0
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Shortcodes and extra features for Phlox theme to version 2.15.0 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2023-37888
- Report title
- Shortcodes and extra features for Phlox theme <= 2.14.0 - Unauthenticated Local File Inclusion
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone could use it to harm your site (up to and including 2.10.5)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 2.10.5
- Fixed in
- 2.10.7
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Shortcodes and extra features for Phlox theme to version 2.10.7 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2022-3359
- Report title
- Shortcodes and extra features for Phlox theme <= 2.10.5 - PHP Objection Injection
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone with a contributor account on your site could plant harmful code that runs for your visitors or admins (up to and including 2.9.8)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 2.9.8
- Fixed in
- 2.9.14
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Shortcodes and extra features for Phlox theme to version 2.9.14 or newer.
- Report title
- Shortcodes and extra features for Phlox theme <= 2.9.8 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone could use it to harm your site (before 2.9.8)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Before 2.9.8
- Fixed in
- 2.9.8
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Shortcodes and extra features for Phlox theme to version 2.9.8 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2022-1910
- Report title
- Shortcodes and extra features for Phlox theme <= 2.9.7 - Reflected Cross-Site-Scripting
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Where this comes from
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