CVE-2026-16654CWE-79cross-site-scripting

CVE-2026-16654

Medium · published August 28, 2026

CVSS v3.1
6.4
EPSS
0%
Percentile
4.0
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

The Avada (Fusion) Builder plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'size' Shortcode Attribute in all versions up to, and including, 3.15.6 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. WordPress's wp_kses_post filter does not neutralize the payload because the injected content resides entirely within a shortcode attribute string containing no HTML angle brackets, causing kses to pass it through unchanged at save time.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
6.4 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00152 · 4.0th percentile
Weakness
CWE-79 · Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
Published
2026-08-28T09:16Z
References (2)
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 28 AUG 04:28Z
    Avada (Fusion) Builder <= 3.15.6 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'size' Shortcode Attribute
    cvelistv5