Reported vulnerability

Avada | Website Builder For WordPress & WooCommerce <= 7.16.1 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'author_facebook' User Profile Field

Q: Which versions of Avada | Website Builder For WordPress & WooCommerce are affected?

Wordfence lists these affected versions: Start version unspecified, through 7.16.1. Use the version checker above to compare your installed release with this report.

Q: Is a fix available for Avada | Website Builder For WordPress & WooCommerce?

Wordfence reports a fix for this issue in Avada | Website Builder For WordPress & WooCommerce. It lists these fixed versions: 7.16.2. Back up your website and test the recommended update before applying it to your live site.

Q: Where can I find my installed theme version?

In WordPress, go to Appearance > Themes and open Theme Details to find the installed version.

Published 9 Oct 2026

Updated 10 Oct 2026

CVE-2026-97340

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Wordfence advisory

medium · CVSS 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. 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).

Severity vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Avada | Website Builder For WordPress & WooCommerce

Software: theme · Avada
Affected versions: Start version unspecified, through 7.16.1
Fix availability: Fix available
Fixed versions: 7.16.2

Recommended action

Update to version 7.16.2, or a newer patched version

Further references (1)

wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/cbd47a59-5a9e-4eb2-9152-2cd47fc38ae2?source=api-prod

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Source: Wordfence

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Questions about this vulnerability

Which versions of Avada | Website Builder For WordPress & WooCommerce are affected?

Wordfence lists these affected versions: Start version unspecified, through 7.16.1. Use the version checker above to compare your installed release with this report.

Is a fix available for Avada | Website Builder For WordPress & WooCommerce?

Wordfence reports a fix for this issue in Avada | Website Builder For WordPress & WooCommerce. It lists these fixed versions: 7.16.2. Back up your website and test the recommended update before applying it to your live site.

Where can I find my installed theme version?

In WordPress, go to Appearance > Themes and open Theme Details to find the installed version.

Does an affected version mean my website has been hacked?

An affected version means the installed release matches a vulnerability described in this report. It does not show whether anyone has exploited it on your website. The checker compares version numbers with stored reports; it does not inspect your website.

These reports cover at least one of the same plugins, themes or WordPress core. Check each report’s affected versions separately.

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