CVE-2020-36711

The Avada theme for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the update_layout function in versions up to, and including, 6.2.3 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for contributor-level attackers, and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

Score

CVSS 3.1 6.4 Medium

Status

Modified - security@wordfence.com

Published

2023-06-07

Last modified

2026-04-08

Weaknesses

CWE-79

Affected products

• Avada (Theme-fusion)
• Avada Website Builder For Wordpress Woocommerce (Themefusion)

References

• https://blog.nintechnet.com/avada-wordpress-theme-fixed-multiple-vulnerabilities/
• https://theme-fusion.com/security-fix-added-in-6-2-3/
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/684a1e8e-30f2-47dd-9df6-145198030c52?source=cve