CVE-2024-9541

News Kit Elementor Addons <= 1.2.1 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Sensitive Information Exposure via Canvas Menu Elementor Template

2024-10-21 00:00

Strategic Overview

Status: Patched in 1.2.2
Affected Plugin: News Kit Addons For Elementor
Affected Version: <= 1.2.1
CVSS: 4.3Medium
Weakness type: CWE-200 · Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
CVE: CVE-2024-9541

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At a glance

CVE-2024-9541 is a medium-severity Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor vulnerability in the News Kit Addons For Elementor WordPress plugin, affecting versions <= 1.2.1. 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 1.2.2; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed October 2024, reported by Nishiv.

Vulnerability Overview

The News Kit Elementor Addons plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure in all versions up to, and including, 1.2.1 via the render function in includes/widgets/canvas-menu/canvas-menu.php. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to extract sensitive private, pending, and draft Elementor template data.

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-200: Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

Reaching this weakness in News Kit Addons For Elementor <= 1.2.1 takes an account at Contributor level or above. 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 News Kit Addons For Elementor the fix is 1.2.2: builds <= 1.2.1 are affected, anything from 1.2.2 onward is not.

Remediation

Update to version 1.2.2, or a newer patched version

How does WordSec protect against this?

The fix is the thing that ends this: News Kit Addons For Elementor 1.2.2 closes this, and updating the plugin is the step that ends it.

Alerts

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-9541 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/ffc5408c-ca31-4cb6-8cb5-063acbbad01e https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-9541

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Other vulnerabilities in News Kit Addons For Elementor

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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