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CVE-2024-8979

Essential Addons for Elementor – Best Elementor Addon, Templates, Widgets, Kits & WooCommerce Builders <= 6.0.9 - Authenticated (Author+) Sensitive Information Exposure to Privilege Escalation

Published: Nov 15, 2024Updated: Nov 19, 2024 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-200
NVD MITRE
8.0CVSSHIGH
EPSS Score
0.5%
Top 61.7%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
No Fix Available
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Description

The Essential Addons for Elementor – Best Elementor Addon, Templates, Widgets, Kits & WooCommerce Builders plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure in all versions up to, and including, 6.0.9 via the 'init_content_lostpassword_user_email_controls' function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Author-level access and above, to extract sensitive data including usernames and passwords of any user, including Administrators, as long as that user opens the email notification for a password change request and images are not blocked by the email client.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:LUI:RS:UC:HI:HA:H
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:LPrivileges Required
Low
UI:RUser Interaction
Required
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:HConfidentiality
High
I:HIntegrity
High
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-200NVD-CWE-noinfo

Affected Products

Essential Addons for Elementor – Popular Elementor Templates & Widgetswpdevteam
On-premCMS Plugin
Web & CMS Plugins / wordpress-plugin
essential addons for elementorwpdeveloperWeb & CMS Plugins
wpdevteamcommercialWeb & CMS Pluginsaka wpdev team, wpdevteam.com
wpdevelopercommercialWeb & CMS Plugins

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Exploitability

No known exploits, KEV entries, or remediation guidance available for this vulnerability yet.

MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique
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References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/34d09086-be33-40cf-b5bf-d6c03cf0b68a?source=cve
wordfence.com
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/essential-addons-for-elementor-lite/trunk/includes/Elements/Login_Register.php#L2440
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3188634/
plugins.trac.wordpress.org

Timeline

Published
Nov 15, 2024
Last Updated
Nov 19, 2024

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