The Avada theme for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in versions up to, and including, 5.1.4. This is due to missing nonce validation on the fusion_builder_importer() function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to trigger the importer and upload arbitrary files via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
CVE-2017-18607 is a high severity with CVSS 8.8 Cross-Site Request Forgery issue affecting the Theme Avada | Website Builder For WordPress & WooCommerce. It affects Versions before 5.1.5 and is fixed in 5.1.5.
CVE-2017-18607 is tracked for the Theme Avada | Website Builder For WordPress & WooCommerce as high severity with CVSS 8.8. The affected range is Versions before 5.1.5. Update Avada | Website Builder For WordPress & WooCommerce to 5.1.5 or newer where that version is compatible with the site.
| Software Type | Theme |
|---|---|
| Software Slug |
Avada
View on wordpress.org
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| CVE | CVE-2017-18607 |
| Patched Versions |
5.1.5
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| Affected Versions |
Versions before 5.1.5
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These internal links group the same WordPress theme by CVE, issue type, severity, and patch status so operators and search engines can connect the full vulnerability cluster.
Avada | Website Builder For WordPress & WooCommerce <= 7.11.4 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Arbitrary File Upload
Avada <= 7.11.1 - Authenticated(Author+) Arbitrary File Upload via Zip Extraction
Avada <= 7.8.1 - Cross-Site Request Forgery
Avada <= 7.11.1 - Authenticated(Contributor+) Server Side Request Forgery via 'ajax_import_options'
Avada <= 7.11.1 - Authenticated(Contributor+) Arbitrary File Upload via 'ajax_import_options'
Avada Theme <= 7.11.13 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary Shortcode Execution
Avada <= 7.11.6 - Authenticated (Admin+) SQL Injection via entry
Avada <= 7.11.5 - Authenticated(Contributor+) Sensitive Information Exposure via Form Entries
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