Elementor Website Builder Pro – More than Just a Page Builder <= 3.25.10 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Sensitive Information Exposure via Shortcode

2025-01-29 00:00

Ankit Patel

Strategic Overview

Status

Patched in 3.25.11

Affected PluginElementor Website Builder Pro

Affected Version<= 3.25.10

CVSS4.3Medium

CVECVE-2024-8494

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Vulnerability Overview

The Elementor Website Builder Pro plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure in all versions up to, and including, 3.25.10 via the 'elementor-template' shortcode. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to extract sensitive data including the content of Private, Pending, and Draft Templates. The vulnerability was partially patched in version 3.24.4.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 3.25.11, or a newer patched version --- IDENTIFIER: CWE-200 (Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor) The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information.

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-8494 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/94ada60f-1e20-454e-a9d7-7849be764d81

CVSS Vector

4.3

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Base

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredLow
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged
ConfidentialityLow
IntegrityNone
AvailabilityNone

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