# CVE-2024-12335: Avada Builder <= 3.11.12 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Protected Post Disclosure

> Authenticated contributors can extract data from password protected, private, or draft posts via insufficient restrictions in the Avada Builder plugin.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/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:** 25 Dec 2024
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-r4xp-gcm2-3943

## What is CVE-2024-12335?

CVE-2024-12335 is a medium-severity vulnerability in themefusion Avada (Fusion) Builder, published on 25 Dec 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The Avada (Fusion) Builder plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Information Exposure in all versions up to, and including, 3.11.12 via the handle_clone_post() function and the 'fusion_blog' shortcode and due to insufficient restrictions on which posts can be included. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to extract data from password protected, private, or draft posts that they should not have access to.

Weakness: CWE-639 (Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-12335?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Theme-Fusion Avada Builder.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-12335?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-12335 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-12335 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-12335 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in themefusion Avada (Fusion) Builder

- [CVE-2024-13345](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-13345/): Avada Builder <= 3.11.13 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary Shortcode Execution (high 7.3)
- [CVE-2025-1665](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-1665/): Avada Builder <= 3.11.14 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting (medium 6.4)
- [CVE-2024-12477](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-12477/): Avada Builder <= 3.11.11 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting in Multiple Widgets (medium 6.4)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-12335 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-12335 is a medium-severity vulnerability in themefusion Avada (Fusion) Builder, published on 25 Dec 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-2024-12335 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: themefusion Avada (Fusion) Builder. 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-2024-12335/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-12335/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-12335
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-12335
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-12335

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-12335/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.