# CVE-2024-1468: Avada | Website Builder For WordPress & WooCommerce <= 7.11.4 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Arbitrary File Upload

> Authenticated contributors can upload arbitrary files via missing validation, potentially leading to remote code execution on WordPress sites using the Avada theme.

- **Severity:** High 8.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **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:** 29 Feb 2024
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-6rj2-w8v9-xrxq

## What is CVE-2024-1468?

CVE-2024-1468 is a high-severity vulnerability in ThemeFusion Avada | Website Builder For WordPress & WooCommerce, published on 29 Feb 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The Avada | Website Builder For WordPress & WooCommerce theme for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file uploads due to missing file type validation in the ajax_import_options() function in all versions up to, and including, 7.11.4. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to upload arbitrary files on the affected site's server which may make remote code execution possible.

Weakness: CWE-434 (Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-1468?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Theme-Fusion Avada.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-1468?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-1468 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-1468 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-1468 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in ThemeFusion Avada | Website Builder For WordPress & WooCommerce

- [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-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)
- [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-2024-1468 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-1468 is a high-severity vulnerability in ThemeFusion Avada | Website Builder For WordPress & WooCommerce, published on 29 Feb 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-2024-1468 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: ThemeFusion Avada | Website Builder For WordPress & WooCommerce. 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-2024-1468/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-1468/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-1468
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-1468
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-1468

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-1468/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.