{"answers":{"affected":"","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-69016 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2025-69016 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.","what":"CVE-2025-69016 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Averta LTD Shortcodes and extra features for Phlox theme, published on 30 Dec 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2025-69016 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2025-69016 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Averta LTD Shortcodes and extra features for Phlox theme, published on 30 Dec 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-69016 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: Averta LTD 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-2025-69016/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-69016/index.md)","id":"CVE-2025-69016","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-69016/index.md","name":"CVE-2025-69016","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-35v9-p644-6gff"],"analysis":{"component_type":"cms_plugin","fix_type":"upgrade","impacts":["security_bypass"],"network_reachable":"yes","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"WordPress plugin","requires_auth":"low_privilege","summary":"Attackers can bypass access controls in the Phlox theme plugin to perform unauthorized actions due to missing authorization checks.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"missing_authorization"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"Patchstack","cpe":[],"cvss":{"score":4.3,"severity":"medium","source":"cna","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-862","name":"Missing Authorization"}],"description":"Missing Authorization vulnerability in Averta LTD Shortcodes and extra features for Phlox theme auxin-elements allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Shortcodes and extra features for Phlox theme: from n/a through 2.17.22.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":null,"headline":"WordPress Shortcodes and extra features for Phlox theme plugin \u003c= 2.17.22 - Broken Access Control vulnerability","id":"CVE-2025-69016","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":null,"products":[],"type":"missing_authorization","year":"2025"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":1,"next":{"headline":"WordPress RestroPress plugin \u003c= 3.2.8.6 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability","id":"CVE-2025-69017"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"WordPress Crowdsignal Forms plugin \u003c= 1.7.2 - Broken Access Control vulnerability","id":"CVE-2025-69015"},"products":["Shortcodes and extra features for Phlox theme"],"published":"2025-12-30","related":[],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":"no","exploitation":"none","technical_impact":"partial"},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2026-10-07","vendors":["Averta LTD"]},"summary":"Attackers can bypass access controls in the Phlox theme plugin to perform unauthorized actions due to missing authorization checks.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-69016/"}