# CVE-2024-10779: Cowidgets – Elementor Addons <= 1.2.0 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Post Disclosure

> Authenticated contributors can access private or draft Elementor posts via a shortcode vulnerability in the Cowidgets plugin.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 9 Nov 2024
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-r6x6-p549-4h98

## What is CVE-2024-10779?

CVE-2024-10779 is a medium-severity vulnerability in codelessthemes Cowidgets – Elementor Addons, published on 9 Nov 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The Cowidgets – Elementor Addons plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Information Exposure in all versions up to, and including, 1.2.0 via the 'ce_template' shortcode due to insufficient restrictions on which posts can be included. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to extract data from private or draft posts created by Elementor that they should not have access to.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-10779?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Codeless Cowidgets Elementor Addons.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-10779?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-10779 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-10779 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-10779 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in codelessthemes Cowidgets – Elementor Addons

- [CVE-2024-5179](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-5179/): Cowidgets – Elementor Addons <= 1.1.2 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Local File Inclusion (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2024-53786](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-53786/): WordPress Cowidgets – Elementor Addons plugin <= 1.2.0 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2024-8960](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-8960/): Cowidgets – Elementor Addons <= 1.2.0 - Authenticated (Author+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via SVG File Upload (medium 6.4)
- [CVE-2024-4697](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-4697/): Cross-site scripting in Cowidgets – Elementor Addons (medium 6.4)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-10779 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-10779 is a medium-severity vulnerability in codelessthemes Cowidgets – Elementor Addons, published on 9 Nov 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-10779 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: codelessthemes Cowidgets – Elementor Addons. 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-2024-10779/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-10779/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-10779
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-10779
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-10779

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-10779/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.