Avada <= 7.8.1 - Cross-Site Request Forgery

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
CVE CVE-2022-41996
CVSS High (8.8)
Publicly Published September 21, 2022
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher Dave Jong
Description

The Avada theme for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request forgery in versions up to, and including, 7.8.1 in class-avada-admin.php. This allows unauthenticated attackers to perform actions on behalf of an administrator if they can trick that administrator into performing an action, such as clicking a link.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Theme
Software Slug Avada (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 7.8.1
Patched Version
  • 7.8.2
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