Quick answers
- Is CVE-2026-97340 exploited in the wild?
- No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-97340 being exploited in the wild.
- How severe is CVE-2026-97340?
- Medium severity, with a CVSS score of 6.4, published 10 October 2026.
- Which products and versions are affected?
- ThemeFusion Avada up to and including 7.16.1.
- Is there a fix for CVE-2026-97340?
- Yes: fixed in Avada 7.16.2. Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.
- How is CVE-2026-97340 attacked?
- It is attacked over the network, in a web application.
- Am I affected by CVE-2026-97340?
- Check whether you run ThemeFusion Avada at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.
How to fix
- Fixed in: Avada 7.16.2
Technical details
Stored XSS in Avada's Fusion_Social_Icon::get_markup() method via user profile social link fields (author_facebook, author_twitter, author_linkedin, author_dribbble, author_whatsapp, author_email). The vulnerability exists because these fields use esc_attr() which escapes HTML metacharacters but allows dangerous URL schemes like javascript:. An authenticated attacker with Subscriber-level or higher access can inject arbitrary scripts; execution requires a user to click the social icon link and requires the theme setting 'Open Social Icons in a New Window' to be disabled.
Affected products
- ThemeFusion Avada up to and including 7.16.1
Timeline
- 2026-09-30: disclosed
- 2026-09-30: patched: Avada 7.16.2 released
- 2026-10-10: advisory