CVE-2025-13215

Shortcodes and extra features for Phlox theme <= 2.17.13 - Unauthenticated Draft Posts Information Exposure

mediumExposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

5.3

CVSS Score

5.3

CVSS Score

medium

Severity

2.17.14

Patched in

Time to patch

Description

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.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Low

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

Technical Details

Affected versions<=2.17.13

PublishedJanuary 5, 2026

Last updatedJanuary 6, 2026

Affected pluginauxin-elements

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/7f47ab91-7d91-4231-91ef-66c556ad8496?source=api-prod

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