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

Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
CVE CVE-2025-13215
CVSS Medium (5.3)
Publicly Published January 5, 2026
Last Updated January 6, 2026
Researcher Nguyen C
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.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug auxin-elements (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 2.17.13
Patched Version
  • 2.17.14
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