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Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2024-8902
CVE-2024-8902:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
The Elementor Addon Elements plugin for WordPress contains a Sensitive Information Exposure vulnerability (CVE-2024-8902) affecting all versions up to and including 1.13.8. The vulnerability was discovered and reported by Ankit Patel, with the initial disclosure made on October 12, 2024 (NVD, Wordfence Advisory).
Technical details
The vulnerability exists in the render_column function within modules/data-table/widgets/data-table.php. It has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 base score of 4.3 (Medium) with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N. The weakness is categorized under CWE-200 (Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor) (NVD).
Impact
The vulnerability allows authenticated attackers with Contributor-level access or higher to extract sensitive private, pending, and draft template data from the WordPress installation (NVD).
Mitigation and workarounds
A patch has been released to address this vulnerability. Users should update their Elementor Addon Elements plugin to version 1.13.9 or later (WordPress Patch).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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