CVE-2024-13345
Theme-Fusion Avada Builder ≤ 3.11.14
Raw vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:LCVSS and EPSS are reproduced from their sources (NVD, FIRST EPSS). Risk Priority is our own derived reading, not an NVD score.
Summary
CVE-2024-13345 is a high-severity Code Injection (CWE-94) vulnerability in Theme-Fusion Avada Builder. Its CVSS base score is 7.3 (High).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Junk Data (T1001.001); ranked at the 45th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
The strongest mitigations our analysis identified map to SA-11 (Developer Testing and Evaluation) and SI-10 (Information Input Validation) — see the control section below for these in your framework.
Deeper analysis AI-assisted summary
Synthesised by an AI model from the NVD description and linked references — a reading aid, not an authoritative source.
CVE-2024-13345 is a code injection vulnerability affecting the Avada Builder plugin for WordPress, impacting all versions up to and including 3.11.13. The flaw arises from an action in the plugin that fails to properly validate a user-supplied value before passing it to the do_shortcode function, enabling arbitrary shortcode execution. It has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.3 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L) and maps to CWE-94 (Improper Control of Generation of Code).
Unauthenticated attackers can exploit this vulnerability remotely with low complexity and no privileges required, as indicated by the CVSS vector. By crafting malicious requests to trigger the vulnerable action, they can execute arbitrary shortcodes on the target site, potentially leading to low-level impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, such as data disclosure, site defacement, or limited system disruption depending on the shortcodes available.
Mitigation details are available in advisories from Wordfence and the official Avada changelog, which outline patches and remediation steps for affected installations. Security practitioners should update to a patched version of the Avada Builder plugin beyond 3.11.13 and review sites running vulnerable versions for signs of exploitation.
OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2024-51544
Vulnerability Data
The Avada Builder plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary shortcode execution in all versions up to, and including, 3.11.13. This is due to the software allowing users to execute an action that does not properly validate a value before…
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running do_shortcode. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary shortcodes.
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Mitigating Controls
Control response
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V1.3.1
Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI
Developer testing and evaluation finds code paths that accept and execute externally influenced strings.
Input validation directly stops untrusted data from being used to construct executable code without neutralization.
Least privilege limits the damage an injected code fragment can perform once executed.
Requiring documented secure development standards and tools enforces use of safe code-generation APIs and escaping.
Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI
Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→CSF cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.
PR.PS-06's SDLC practices directly target injection flaws via secure coding and testing (mostly), yet as a single broad outcome it leaves many code-generation specifics unaddressed (partial).
PR.DS-10 protects runtime data confidentiality/integrity but has no bearing on neutralizing externally influenced input during code generation, so neither direction shows any preventive effect.
Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI
Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.