# CVE-2023-39922: WordPress Avada theme <= 7.11.1 - Authenticated Broken Access Control vulnerability

> Authenticated attackers can bypass authorization checks in the Avada WordPress theme to perform unauthorized actions or modify data.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 19 Jun 2024
- **Updated:** 28 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-372m-pqrp-g3mw

## What is CVE-2023-39922?

CVE-2023-39922 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in ThemeFusion Avada, published on 19 Jun 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Missing Authorization vulnerability in ThemeFusion Avada.This issue affects Avada: from n/a through 7.11.1.

Weakness: CWE-862 (Missing Authorization)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-39922?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Theme-Fusion Avada.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-39922?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-39922 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-39922 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-39922 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in ThemeFusion Avada

- [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-2022-41996](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-41996/): WordPress Avada premium theme <= 7.8.1 - Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability (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)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-39922 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-39922 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in ThemeFusion Avada, published on 19 Jun 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-39922 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: ThemeFusion Avada. 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-2023-39922/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-39922/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-39922
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-39922
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-39922

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-39922/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.