CVE-2026-97340

Status: DeferredMedium (6.4)—

The Avada | Website Builder For WordPress & WooCommerce theme for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the user profile 'Author Page' social link contact-method fields (author_facebook, author_twitter, author_linkedin, author_dribble, author_whatsapp, author_email) in versions up to, and including, 7.16.1.

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Avada registers these fields through the user_contactmethods filter and, on the author archive, emits them inside an anchor href using only esc_attr() in Fusion_Social_Icon::get_markup(), which escapes HTML metacharacters but does not reject dangerous URL schemes such as javascript:. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses their author page and clicks the injected social icon (a click is required, and the site must have 'Open Social Icons in a New Window' set to Off so the browser doesn't block the javascript: URL from opening in a new tab).

CVSS

Version: 3.1
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Base score: 6.4

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.16%
Percentile among all scored CVEs: 4
Score date: 10/13/2026

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

🎯 ATT&CK techniques

How this vulnerability is exploited and what the attacker gains, in MITRE ATT&CK terms.

ExploitationT1190 Exploit Public-Facing Applicationinitial access60 %
Primary impactT1059.007 JavaScriptexecution55 %

Inferred by deterministic rules from the CVSS vector and CWE. Indicative only.

🛡️ ATT&CK mitigations that cover these techniques

Vulnerability Scanning Restrict Web-Based Content Privileged Account Management Network Segmentation Limit Access to Resource Over Network Filter Network Traffic

Affected technologies (1)

⚠ AI-inferred from the description — NVD hasn't analyzed this CVE yet, these aren't verified CPEs.

Avada — Avada^AI

CWEs

CWE-79

References

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