CVE-2024-1468

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

2024-02-28 00:00
Muhammad Zeeshan (Xib3rR4dAr)

Strategic Overview

Status
Patched in 7.11.5
Affected Theme
Avada | Website Builder For WordPress & WooCommerce
Affected Version
<= 7.11.4
CVSS
8.8High
Weakness type
CWE-434 · Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type
CVE
CVE-2024-1468
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At a glance

CVE-2024-1468 is a high-severity Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type vulnerability in the Avada WordPress theme, affecting versions <= 7.11.4. It carries a CVSS score of 8.8 (reachable over the network; low attack complexity; high confidentiality, integrity, availability impact). Exploitation requires an authenticated account at Contributor level or above. The issue is fixed in version 7.11.5; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed February 2024, reported by Muhammad Zeeshan (Xib3rR4dAr).

Vulnerability Overview

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.

Technical Analysis

The vector marks this flaw as remotely reachable over the network, with low attack complexity — no special timing or configuration is needed, and no interaction from a victim user. A successful exploit has high impact on confidentiality, integrity, availability — full site compromise territory.

CWE-434: Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type

Avada <= 7.11.4 carries this weakness at ajax_import_options(), and reaching it takes an account at Contributor level or above. An unrestricted file upload lets a caller store a file whose type or destination the application does not properly constrain.

If an uploaded file lands anywhere the server will execute, the flaw becomes remote code execution and the site should be treated as fully compromised. For Avada the fix is 7.11.5: builds <= 7.11.4 are affected, anything from 7.11.5 onward is not.

Remediation

Update to version 7.11.5, or a newer patched version

How does WordSec protect against this?

An attacker needs Contributor access first, so the firewall sees the attempt as traffic from a logged-in account: WordSec's web application firewall inspects request payloads before WordPress loads them. Classes like this one can leave something behind, so the staged malware scanner is the second half: it looks for dropped files and modified code rather than for the request that created them. None of that substitutes for the fix: Avada 7.11.5 closes this, and updating the theme is the step that ends it.

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External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-1468https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/cde6e758-9723-43f2-9972-32be8aeb2b91https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-1468

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