Medium severity6.4NVD Advisory· Published Jun 7, 2023· Updated Apr 8, 2026

CVE-2020-36711

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.

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Affected products

Theme Fusion/Avada
cpe:2.3:a:theme-fusion:avada:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
Range: <=6.2.3
WordPress/Avadallm-fuzzy
Range: <=6.2.3

Patches

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References

blog.nintechnet.com/avada-wordpress-theme-fixed-multiple-vulnerabilities/nvdExploit
www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/684a1e8e-30f2-47dd-9df6-145198030c52nvdThird Party Advisory
theme-fusion.com/security-fix-added-in-6-2-3/nvdRelease Notes

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