# CVE-2024-2340: Avada <= 7.11.6 - Unauthenticated Sensitive Information Exposure via Form Uploads Directory Listing

> Unauthenticated attackers can access sensitive files uploaded via Avada forms due to directory listing exposure in the uploads folder.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 9 Apr 2024
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-wvrc-7835-9grj

## What is CVE-2024-2340?

CVE-2024-2340 is a medium-severity vulnerability in ThemeFusion Avada | Website Builder For WordPress & WooCommerce, published on 9 Apr 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The Avada theme for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure in all versions up to, and including, 7.11.6 via the '/wp-content/uploads/fusion-forms/' directory. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to extract sensitive data uploaded via an Avada created form with a file upload mechanism.

Weakness: CWE-548 (Exposure of Information Through Directory Listing)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-2340?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Theme-Fusion Avada.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-2340?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-2340 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-2340 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-2340 exists.

Public exploit code:

- Avada < 7.11.7 - Information Disclosure (nuclei): http/cves/2024/CVE-2024-2340.yaml

## 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-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-2024-2340 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-2340 is a medium-severity vulnerability in ThemeFusion Avada | Website Builder For WordPress & WooCommerce, published on 9 Apr 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-2340 exists.

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-2024-2340/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-2340/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-2340
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-2340
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-2340

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-2340/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.