---
id: CVE-2026-97340
title: >-
  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_linked…
summary: >-
  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_linked…
severity: medium
cvss: 6.4
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N'
cwe:
  - CWE-79
published: '2026-10-10'
updated: '2026-10-10'
sourceUpdated: '2026-10-10T08:17:08.307'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-97340'
references:
  - url: 'https://avada.com/blog/version-7-16-2-security-update/'
    label: security@wordfence.com
  - url: >-
      https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/cbd47a59-5a9e-4eb2-9152-2cd47fc38ae2?source=cve
    label: security@wordfence.com
tags:
  - nvd
ingestedAt: '2026-10-10T08:27:37.797Z'
---

## Overview

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).

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.