CVE-2022-41996 (GCVE-0-2022-41996)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-10-27 16:51 – Updated: 2025-02-20 19:58
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Summary
Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in ThemeFusion Avada premium theme versions <= 7.8.1 on WordPress leading to arbitrary plugin installation/activation.
Severity ?
8.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-352 - Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
ThemeFusion Avada (premium WordPress theme) Affected: <= 7.8.1 , ≤ 7.8.1 (custom)
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Credits
Vulnerability discovered by Dave Jong (Patchstack)
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