Avada | Website Builder For WordPress & WooCommerce: Sensitive information exposure

Avada | Website Builder For WordPress & WooCommerce is affected by sensitive information exposure. Exploitation requires an authenticated contributor account. Successful exploitation can disclose data that should not be available to the caller.

CVE / CNA score 6.5 CVSS 3.1 · security@wordfence.com

NVD score Pending NVD has not published its own CVSS assessment.

Component: Avada | Website Builder For WordPress & WooCommerce
Plugin slug: avada
Affected: See vendor advisory
Safe version: See mitigation notes
Published: Mar 13, 2024
Weakness: CWE-284 — Improper Access Control
NVD-CWE-noinfo

This CVE was published Mar 13, 2024 and is one of 22 known issues for this theme.

What to do

Update, patch or deactivate.

No fixed release is identified. Update Avada | Website Builder For WordPress & WooCommerce when a confirmed fixed release becomes available; until then, disable and remove it when the site's risk warrants.

No confirmed safe version is listed. Consider a vendor-supported patch or temporarily restricting the affected functionality while you assess the risk.

Deactivate only when warranted by your risk profile, or when advised by your hosting provider in the limited circumstances where the vulnerability cannot otherwise be mitigated. If you’re unsure which action is appropriate, contact Fused or your hosting provider for guidance.

Source record

Technical description

The Avada | Website Builder For WordPress & WooCommerce theme for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure in versions up to and including 7.11.5 via the form entries page. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor access and above, to view the contents of all form submissions, including fields that are obfuscated (such as the contact form's "password" field).

CVE / CNA vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

References

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