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Avada - Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) (CVE-2017-18607)

CVE-2017-18607

Vulnerability CVE-2017-18607 PLUGIN avada HIGH

The avada theme before 5.1.5 for WordPress has CSRF.

CVE-2017-18607

HIGH CVSS 8.8 Published 2019-09-10 Updated 2026-06-17
AI Risk High (78/100) Active Exploit: No strong signal Published Exploit: No public exploit references Priority: P2 Urgent
Severity Band HIGH
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected Components 1
Reference Links 1
AI Risk Engine High (78/100)
Exploitability High
Active Exploitation No strong signal
Published Exploit Status No public exploit references

Threat Timeline

  1. 2019-09-10 CVE published and first recorded in the threat feed.
  2. 2026-06-17 Record updated with latest vulnerability metadata.
  3. 2026-09-15 AI technical context refreshed for mitigation and impact guidance.
  4. Now Monitoring for follow-up changes, linked references, and new related CVEs.

AI Context

Machine-generated threat intelligence

AI Updated 3 days ago

AI enriched 3 days ago (2026-09-15 23:55 UTC)

Technical Summary

The avada theme before 5.1.5 for WordPress has CSRF.

Potential Impact

Severity is HIGH (CVSS 8.8). Depending on deployment context, affected components may be exposed to unauthorized actions or data integrity risk.

Exploitability Assessment

Exploitability is assessed as High based on severity and technical exposure profile.

Primary risk drivers: severity and technical exposure profile

Mitigation Recommendations

Validate affected product versions, prioritize patching, and monitor references for vendor remediation guidance. If immediate patching is not possible, apply compensating controls and limit exposure of vulnerable surfaces.

Detection & Monitoring

Track authentication anomalies, unexpected file writes, and suspicious plugin API activity around affected components.

Business Impact Lens

AI risk score 78/100 (High, High) with priority P2 Urgent. Prioritize remediation where affected components process customer data, admin sessions, or Internet-exposed workflows.

Affected Products

Avada PLUGIN · avada Affected: < 5.1.5 Fixed in: 5.1.5

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References

What to do about this

Patch on your next cycle Worth fixing, but not ahead of other work.

Fix it

Update Avada to 5.1.5 or later.

That is the complete fix. Everything below is what protects you in the meantime.

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Inspect request parameters and bodies for injection, traversal and file-inclusion payloads, and refuse the request rather than logging it.

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Am I affected by this vulnerability?

You are affected if your site runs Avada. Versions below 5.1.5 are vulnerable; that release and later are not.

How do I fix it?

Update Avada to version 5.1.5 or later. That is the complete fix. Until you can update, Request / payload inspection (WAF) in Hack Halt ProSecure contains this class of attack at the request layer.

What can an attacker actually do?

This is a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) flaw. An attacker who exploits it can make a logged-in administrator perform an action just by visiting a page.

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