CVE-2024-24833

Happy Addons for Elementor <= 3.10.1 - Missing Authorization via add_row_actions

2024-02-02 00:00
Abu Hurayra (HurayraIIT)

Strategic Overview

Status
Patched in 3.10.2
Affected Plugin
Happy Addons for Elementor
Affected Version
<= 3.10.1
CVSS
4.3Medium
Weakness type
CWE-862 · Missing Authorization
CVE
CVE-2024-24833
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At a glance

CVE-2024-24833 is a medium-severity Missing Authorization vulnerability in the Happy Addons for Elementor WordPress plugin, affecting versions <= 3.10.1. It carries a CVSS score of 4.3 (reachable over the network; low attack complexity). The root cause is a missing authorization check on a reachable function. The issue is fixed in version 3.10.2; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed February 2024, reported by Abu Hurayra (HurayraIIT).

Vulnerability Overview

The Happy Addons for Elementor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access of data due to a missing capability check on the add_row_actions() function in versions up to, and including, 3.10.1. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to clone arbitrary posts, including password protected posts which may allow them to access the restricted posts content.

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 interaction from a victim user.

CWE-862: Missing Authorization

Happy Addons for Elementor <= 3.10.1 carries this weakness at add_row_actions(), and reaching it takes a caller who can reach the endpoint. A missing authorization check means a function is reachable by anyone who can reach the endpoint, because the code never asks whether the caller is allowed to perform the action.

Any user who can reach the endpoint gets to run an action reserved for higher-privileged roles, from reading protected data to changing settings or content. For Happy Addons for Elementor the fix is 3.10.2: builds <= 3.10.1 are affected, anything from 3.10.2 onward is not.

Remediation

Update to version 3.10.2, or a newer patched version

How does WordSec protect against this?

Because it turns on account access, WordSec's login security is the relevant layer: role-based two-factor, captcha and brute-force limits raise the cost of getting the account this needs. None of that substitutes for the fix: Happy Addons for Elementor 3.10.2 closes this, and updating the plugin is the step that ends it.

  • Login Security
  • Alerts

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-24833https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/1b25df18-dd9a-4b24-8187-283d5f3f334ehttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-24833

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