CVE-2024-10696

UltraAddons – Elementor Addons (Header Footer Builder, Custom Font, Custom CSS,Woo Widget, Menu Builder, Anywhere Elementor Shortcode) <= 1.1.8 - Insecure Direct Object Reference to Sensitive Information Exposure via UA_Template Shortcode

2024-11-20 13:40
Francesco Carlucci

Strategic Overview

Status
Patched in 1.1.9
Affected Plugin
UltraAddons for Elementor
Affected Version
<= 1.1.8
CVSS
4.3Medium
Weakness type
CWE-639 · Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key
CVE
CVE-2024-10696
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At a glance

CVE-2024-10696 is a medium-severity Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key vulnerability in the UltraAddons for Elementor WordPress plugin, affecting versions <= 1.1.8. It carries a CVSS score of 4.3 (reachable over the network; low attack complexity). The issue is fixed in version 1.1.9; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed November 2024, reported by Francesco Carlucci.

Vulnerability Overview

The UltraAddons – Elementor Addons (Header Footer Builder, Custom Font, Custom CSS,Woo Widget, Menu Builder, Anywhere Elementor Shortcode) plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Insecure Direct Object Reference in all versions up to, and including, 1.1.8 via the show_template due to missing validation on a user controlled key. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to expose the contents of draft, private, and pending 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

Reaching this weakness in UltraAddons for Elementor <= 1.1.8 takes a caller who can reach the endpoint. 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 UltraAddons for Elementor the fix is 1.1.9: builds <= 1.1.8 are affected, anything from 1.1.9 onward is not.

Remediation

Update to version 1.1.9, 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: UltraAddons for Elementor 1.1.9 closes this, and updating the plugin is the step that ends it.

  • Login Security
  • Alerts

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-10696https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/719de6e5-29c5-4303-981d-81840939a0b1https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-10696

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