# CVE-2024-10696: Information disclosure in UltraAddons for Elementor

> Authenticated attackers can expose contents of draft, private, and pending posts via insecure direct object reference in the UltraAddons plugin.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 21 Nov 2024
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-v3wg-jg3p-qcmh

## What is CVE-2024-10696?

CVE-2024-10696 is a medium-severity vulnerability in codersaiful UltraAddons for Elementor, published on 21 Nov 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

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.

Weakness: CWE-639 (Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-10696?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Codeastrology Ultraaddons.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-10696?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-10696 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-10696 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-10696 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in codersaiful UltraAddons for Elementor

- [CVE-2024-37554](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-37554/): WordPress UltraAddons plugin <= 2.0.2 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2024-4866](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-4866/): Cross-site scripting in UltraAddons for Elementor (medium 6.4)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-10696 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-10696 is a medium-severity vulnerability in codersaiful UltraAddons for Elementor, published on 21 Nov 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-10696 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: codersaiful UltraAddons for Elementor. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-10696/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-10696/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-10696
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-10696
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-10696

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-10696/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.