CVE-2025-13215 (GCVE-0-2025-13215)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-01-06 06:36 – Updated: 2026-01-06 14:34
VLAI?
Title
Shortcodes and extra features for Phlox theme <= 2.17.13 - Unauthenticated Draft Posts Information Exposure
Summary
The Shortcodes and extra features for Phlox theme plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Information Exposure in all versions up to, and including, 2.17.13 via the auxels_ajax_search due to insufficient restrictions on which posts can be included. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to extract titles of draft posts that they should not have access to.
Severity ?
5.3 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-200 - Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
averta Shortcodes and extra features for Phlox theme Affected: * , ≤ 2.17.13 (semver)
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Credits
Nguyen C
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