CVE-2024-2966

Element Pack Elementor Addons (Header Footer, Template Library, Dynamic Grid & Carousel, Remote Arrows) <= 5.5.6 - Sensitive Information Exposure via element_pack_ajax_search

2024-04-10 00:00
Krzysztof Zając

Strategic Overview

Status
Patched in 5.6.0
Affected Plugin
Element Pack Addons for Elementor – Elementor Widgets, Elementor Templates, Elementor Addons
Affected Version
<= 5.5.6
CVSS
5.3Medium
Weakness type
CWE-200 · Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
CVE
CVE-2024-2966
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At a glance

CVE-2024-2966 is a medium-severity Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor vulnerability in the Element Pack Addons for Elementor WordPress plugin, affecting versions <= 5.5.6. It carries a CVSS score of 5.3 (reachable over the network; low attack complexity). Exploitation requires no authentication. The issue is fixed in version 5.6.0; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed April 2024, reported by Krzysztof Zając.

Vulnerability Overview

The Element Pack Elementor Addons (Header Footer, Template Library, Dynamic Grid & Carousel, Remote Arrows) plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure in all versions up to, and including, 5.5.6 via the element_pack_ajax_search function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to extract sensitive data including password protected post details.

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 privileges on the target site, and no interaction from a victim user.

CWE-200: Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

Reaching this weakness in Element Pack Addons for Elementor <= 5.5.6 takes a caller who can reach the endpoint. Sensitive information exposure means data the application intended to keep internal is returned to a caller who should not be able to see it.

The disclosed data — credentials, tokens, customer records or internal paths — is usually worth more as material for a follow-up attack than as an end in itself. For Element Pack Addons for Elementor the fix is 5.6.0: builds <= 5.5.6 are affected, anything from 5.6.0 onward is not.

Remediation

Update to version 5.6.0, or a newer patched version

How does WordSec protect against this?

The fix is the thing that ends this: Element Pack Addons for Elementor 5.6.0 closes this, and updating the plugin is the step that ends it.

  • Alerts

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-2966https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/39e0fd33-4071-4510-a7d5-b499a8a3543chttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-2966

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