PT-2026-1695 · WordPress · Phlox Theme Plugin

Abu Hurayra · Published 2026-01-10 · Updated 2026-01-10 · CVE-2025-12379

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.4

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Phlox Theme Plugin for WordPress versions prior to 2.17.14

Description The Shortcodes and extra features for Phlox theme plugin for WordPress is susceptible to Stored Cross-Site Scripting. This occurs due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping when handling the tag and title tag parameters. Authenticated attackers with Contributor-level access or higher can inject arbitrary web scripts into pages. These scripts will execute when a user accesses the injected page.

Recommendations Update the Phlox Theme Plugin for WordPress to version 2.17.14 or later.

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2025-12379

Affected Products

Phlox Theme Plugin

References · 8

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-12379 · Security Note
• https://t.me/CVEtracker/41946 · Telegram Post
• https://wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/1144e0d9-692e-45a5-ac63-bcdd64a8bd8a?source=cve · Note
• https://t.me/cveNotify/148355 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/2009992635046318546 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/VulmonFeeds/status/2010022872324927968 · Twitter Post
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3429103/auxin-elements/trunk/includes/elementor/widgets/heading-modern.php · Note
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/auxin-elements/tags/2.17.12/includes/elementor/widgets/heading-modern.php#L1194 · Note