{
 "id": "WPSEC-2026-0646",
 "url": "https://wpsec.com/vuln/WPSEC-2026-0646/",
 "json_url": "https://wpsec.com/vuln/WPSEC-2026-0646/advisory.json",
 "markdown_url": "https://wpsec.com/vuln/WPSEC-2026-0646/index.md",
 "title": "Shortcodes and extra features for Phlox theme <= 2.17.22 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Theme License Deactivation",
 "description": "The Shortcodes and extra features for Phlox theme plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the auxin_check_license_terms function in versions 2.4.9 up to, and including, 2.17.22. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to delete the stored Phlox Pro license data, which deactivates the theme license and its premium updates and demo imports until an administrator re-activates it.",
 "plugin": {
  "slug": "auxin-elements",
  "name": "Shortcodes and extra features for Phlox theme",
  "full_name": "Shortcodes and extra features for Phlox theme",
  "wordpress_org": "https://wordpress.org/plugins/auxin-elements/",
  "advisories_url": "https://wpsec.com/vuln/plugin/auxin-elements/",
  "attacksurface": "https://attacksurface.wpsec.com/plugin/auxin-elements"
 },
 "type": "NO AUTHORISATION",
 "cwe": [
  "CWE-862"
 ],
 "cve": [],
 "cvss": {
  "version": "3.1",
  "score": 4.3,
  "vector": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N",
  "severity": "Medium"
 },
 "affected": {
  "ranges": [
   {
    "from": "2.4.9",
    "from_inclusive": true,
    "to": "2.17.24",
    "to_inclusive": false
   }
  ],
  "text": [
   "from 2.4.9 before 2.17.24"
  ]
 },
 "introduced_in": "2.4.9",
 "fixed_in": "2.17.24",
 "remediation": "Update to 2.17.24 or later.",
 "fix_released": "2026-10-07T11:43:40+00:00",
 "published": "2026-10-08T11:45:37+00:00",
 "updated": "2026-10-07T14:56:08.986291+00:00",
 "also_published_as": null,
 "references": [
  "https://wpsec.com/vuln/WPSEC-2026-0646/",
  "https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/auxin-elements/tags/2.17.24/",
  "https://wordpress.org/plugins/auxin-elements/"
 ],
 "attacksurface_url": "https://attacksurface.wpsec.com/plugin/auxin-elements",
 "source": "WPSec",
 "license": {
  "name": "CC BY 4.0",
  "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"
 },
 "usage": {
  "plugin": "Medium",
  "affected_versions": "Medium",
  "as_of": "2026-10-08"
 }
}