Avada (Fusion) Builder <= 3.16.2 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'tab_index' and 'empty_notice' Shortcode Attributes
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- None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub
- Exploitation: none
- Automatable: no
- Technical impact: partial
Summary
The Avada (Fusion) Builder plugin for WordPress is affected by a stored cross-site scripting flaw in its shortcode attributes. An authenticated user with contributor-level access or higher could inject malicious scripts that run in the browser of any visitor or administrator who opens the affected page.
Summarized by anthropic/claude-haiku-5.5. Verify details against the original sources.
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The Avada (Fusion) Builder plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'tab_index, empty_notice' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 3.16.2 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. wp_kses_post does not strip the payload on save because the dangerous characters reside within shortcode attribute text between square brackets, which kses treats as plain text rather than HTML markup.
Timeline
- CVE published
- First seen by cve.now
- CISA SSVC assessment
Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
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Affected versions
- themefusion Avada (Fusion) Builder
through 3.16.2