Arbitrary file upload in Avada WordPress theme enables code execution
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- High
- Impact type
- Code execution
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-434.
Summary
The Avada | Website Builder For WordPress & WooCommerce theme by ThemeFusion is affected in versions up to and including 7.16.2. Insufficient file type validation in the convert_palette_images_to_truecolor() function lets uploaded files be processed without a type check (CWE-434). An unauthenticated remote attacker can upload files that may be executable, which makes remote code execution possible.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-31
Description from the CNA
The Avada | Website Builder For WordPress & WooCommerce theme for WordPress is vulnerable to Arbitrary File Upload in versions up to, and including, 7.16.2 via the convert_palette_images_to_truecolor() function. This is due to insufficient file type validation before processing uploaded files. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to upload files that may be executable, which makes remote code execution possible.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ThemeFusion | Avada | Website Builder For WordPress & WooCommerce | up to 7.16.2 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- Avada | Website Builder For WordPress & WooCommerce VendorThemeFusion Affected up to 7.16.2 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
CPE names Threatist (inferred) · 1
Inferred from how NVD named this product before; not given by a source.
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:theme-fusion:avada:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | — | — | ThemeFusion |
- cpe:2.3:a:theme-fusion:avada:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions — — ·ThemeFusion
Remediation
The sources list no fixed version for Avada | Website Builder For WordPress & WooCommerce.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-31
Timeline
- 2026-10-30 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-115346
- 2026-10-30 CISA SSVC decision points changed
- 2026-10-30 Priority changed: MEDIUM → LOW
- 2026-10-30 Alias added: GHSA-x4h2-h25g-wwc2
References
More ThemeFusion vulnerabilities
- TI-2022-01267 Fusion Builder < 3.6.2 - Unauthenticated SSRF CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2026-05505 Injection in ThemeFusion Avada Builder CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2024-02175 Avada <= 7.11.6 - Unauthenticated Sensitive Information Exposure via Form Uploads Directory Listing CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.3
- TI-2024-12389 Avada Theme <= 7.11.13 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary Shortcode Execution CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2026-15146 Avada <= 7.16 and Fusion Builder <= 3.16 - Unauthenticated Remote Code Execution via Arbitrary File Write CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2026-07656 Avada (Fusion) Builder <= 3.15.3 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Deletion via Form Entry Value CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
Sources
- CVE-2026-115346 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-115346 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-x4h2-h25g-wwc2 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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