CVE-2020-36711 (GCVE-0-2020-36711)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-06-07 01:51 – Updated: 2024-12-20 23:53
VLAI?
Summary
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.
Severity ?
6.4 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
n/a Avada | Website Builder For WordPress & WooCommerce Affected: * , < 6.2.3 (semver)
Credits
Jerome Bruandet
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