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CVE-2020-36711: Avada <= 6.2.2 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Cross-Site Scripting
- Severity: medium (CVSS 5.4 v3.1)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 0.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: yes
- Published: 2023-06-07 · updated 2026-06-17
- Weakness: CWE-79
Description
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.
Affected products
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
- 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
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