{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 1 product.","exploited":"It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2023-37888 exists.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2023-37888 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.","what":"CVE-2023-37888 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in By Averta Shortcodes and extra features for Phlox theme, published on 17 May 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2023-37888 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2023-37888 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in By Averta Shortcodes and extra features for Phlox theme, published on 17 May 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2023-37888 exists.\n\nAffected product: By Averta Shortcodes and extra features for Phlox theme. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-37888/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-37888/index.md)","id":"CVE-2023-37888","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-37888/index.md","name":"CVE-2023-37888","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-79r3-h45p-3c2x"],"analysis":{"component_type":"cms_plugin","fix_type":"upgrade","impacts":["code_execution","data_read"],"network_reachable":"yes","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"WordPress plugin","requires_auth":"low_privilege","summary":"Unauthenticated attackers can exploit a path traversal flaw in the Phlox Core Elements plugin to include arbitrary local files, potentially leading to code execution or data disclosure.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"path_traversal"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"Patchstack","cpe":[{"product":"shortcodes_and_extra_features_for_phlox_theme","vendor":"averta"}],"cvss":{"score":7.6,"severity":"high","source":"cna","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-22","name":"Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory"}],"description":"Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability in By Averta Shortcodes and extra features for Phlox theme allows PHP Local File Inclusion.This issue affects Shortcodes and extra features for Phlox theme: from n/a through 2.14.0.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"weaponised"},"has_fix":null,"headline":"WordPress Phlox Core Elements plugin \u003c= 2.14.0 - Unauthenticated Local File Inclusion vulnerability","id":"CVE-2023-37888","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":null,"products":[],"type":"path_traversal","year":"2023"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":1,"next":{"headline":"WordPress WPAdmin AWS CDN Plugin \u003c= 2.0.13 is vulnerable to Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF)","id":"CVE-2023-37889"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"WordPress WPSchoolPress plugin \u003c= 2.2.7 - Broken Access Control vulnerability","id":"CVE-2023-37887"},"products":["Shortcodes and extra features for Phlox theme"],"published":"2024-05-17","related":[{"cvss_score":8.8,"headline":"Shortcodes and extra features for Phlox theme \u003c 2.10.7 - PHP Objection Injection","id":"CVE-2022-3359","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2022-12-12"},{"cvss_score":7.5,"headline":"Deserialization in Shortcodes and extra features for Phlox theme","id":"CVE-2023-7064","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2024-05-02"},{"cvss_score":6.5,"headline":"WordPress Shortcodes and extra features for Phlox theme Plugin \u003c= 2.15.2 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS)","id":"CVE-2023-50368","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2023-12-14"},{"cvss_score":6.4,"headline":"Cross-site scripting in Shortcodes and extra features for Phlox theme","id":"CVE-2024-12588","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2024-12-21"},{"cvss_score":6.4,"headline":"Cross-site scripting in Shortcodes and extra features for Phlox theme","id":"CVE-2024-9545","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2024-12-21"},{"cvss_score":6.4,"headline":"Cross-site scripting in Shortcodes and extra features for Phlox theme","id":"CVE-2024-8486","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2024-10-05"}],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":"no","exploitation":"poc","technical_impact":"total"},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2026-04-28","vendors":["By Averta"]},"summary":"Unauthenticated attackers can exploit a path traversal flaw in the Phlox Core Elements plugin to include arbitrary local files, potentially leading to code execution or data disclosure.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-37888/"}