# CVE-2022-41996: WordPress Avada premium theme <= 7.8.1 - Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability

> Attackers can trick admins into installing or activating arbitrary plugins via CSRF, potentially leading to code execution.

- **Severity:** High 8.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 27 Oct 2022
- **Updated:** 28 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-p589-wfww-6cff

## What is CVE-2022-41996?

CVE-2022-41996 is a high-severity vulnerability in ThemeFusion Avada (premium WordPress theme), published on 27 Oct 2022. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in ThemeFusion Avada premium theme versions <= 7.8.1 on WordPress leading to arbitrary plugin installation/activation.

Weakness: CWE-352 (Cross-Site Request Forgery)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-41996?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Theme-Fusion Avada.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-41996?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-41996 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-41996 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-41996 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in ThemeFusion Avada (premium WordPress theme)

- [CVE-2023-39312](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-39312/): WordPress Avada theme <= 7.11.1 - Auth. Unrestricted Zip Extraction vulnerability (critical 9.1)
- [CVE-2024-1468](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-1468/): Avada | Website Builder For WordPress & WooCommerce <= 7.11.4 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Arbitrary File Upload (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2017-18607](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-18607/): Cross-site request forgery in n/a (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2023-39307](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-39307/): WordPress Avada theme <= 7.11.1 - Authenticated Arbitrary File Upload vulnerability (high 8.5)
- [CVE-2023-39313](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-39313/): WordPress Avada theme <= 7.11.1 - Authenticated Server Side Request Forgery (SSRF) vulnerability (high 7.7)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-41996 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-41996 is a high-severity vulnerability in ThemeFusion Avada (premium WordPress theme), published on 27 Oct 2022. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-41996 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: ThemeFusion Avada (premium WordPress theme). No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-41996/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-41996/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-41996
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-41996
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-41996

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-41996/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.