Medical Addon for Elementor <= 1.6.2 - Insecure Direct Object Reference to Authenticated (Contributor+) Sensitive Information Exposure via Shortcode
Strategic Overview
- Status
- Patched in 1.6.3
- Affected Plugin
- Medical Addon for Elementor
- Affected Version
<= 1.6.2- CVSS
- 4.3Medium
- Weakness type
- CWE-639 · Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key
- CVE
CVE-2024-12046
At a glance
CVE-2024-12046 is a medium-severity Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key vulnerability in the Medical Addon for Elementor WordPress plugin, affecting versions <= 1.6.2. It carries a CVSS score of 4.3 (reachable over the network; low attack complexity). Exploitation requires an authenticated account at Contributor level or above. The issue is fixed in version 1.6.3; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed February 2025, reported by Francesco Carlucci.
Vulnerability Overview
The Medical Addon for Elementor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Insecure Direct Object Reference in all versions up to, and including, 1.6.2 via the 'namedical_elementor_template' shortcode due to missing validation on a user controlled key. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to read the content of draft, pending, and private posts.
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-639: Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key
Medical Addon for Elementor <= 1.6.2 carries this weakness at namedical_elementor_template, and reaching it takes an account at Contributor level or above. Authorization bypass through a user-controlled key, often called insecure direct object reference, means the application looks up a record by an identifier from the request without checking that the caller owns it.
Changing a number in the request is enough to read or modify other users' records, which on commerce and membership sites means customer data. For Medical Addon for Elementor the fix is 1.6.3: builds <= 1.6.2 are affected, anything from 1.6.3 onward is not.
Remediation
Update to version 1.6.3, 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: Medical Addon for Elementor 1.6.3 closes this, and updating the plugin is the step that ends it.
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- Alerts
External References
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