CVE-2025-12379 Cross-site scripting in Shortcodes and extra features for Phlox theme
Authenticated contributors can inject arbitrary scripts via the Modern Heading Widget, leading to stored XSS execution for other users.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-12379?
CVE-2025-12379 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in averta Shortcodes and extra features for Phlox theme, published on 10 Jan 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official 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.
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-12379?
How do I fix CVE-2025-12379?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-12379 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Escape output for the context it lands in and set a strict Content Security Policy. Upgrading the affected component is the real fix. More about Cross-site scripting.
Is CVE-2025-12379 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-12379 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-f45f-r423-g82r.