Shortcodes and extra features for Phlox theme <= 2.10.5 - PHP Objection Injection

7.2
Deserialization of Untrusted Data
CVE CVE-2022-3359
CVSS 7.2 (High)
Publicly Published November 17, 2022
Last Updated January 21, 2023
Researcher Nguyen Duy Quoc Khanh

Description

The 'Shortcodes and extra features for Phlox theme' plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to PHP Object Injection in versions up to, and including, 2.10.5 via deserialization of untrusted input in the auxin_customizer_export function. This allows attackers to inject a PHP Object. No POP chain is present in the vulnerable plugin. If a POP chain is present via an additional plugin or theme installed on the target system, it could allow the attacker to delete arbitrary files, retrieve sensitive data, or execute code.

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Vulnerability Details for Shortcodes and extra features for Phlox theme

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug auxin-elements (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Remediation Update to version 2.10.7, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • <= 2.10.5
Patched Version
  • 2.10.7

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