# CVE-2024-10802: Hash Elements <= 1.4.7 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Draft Post Title Exposure

> Unauthenticated attackers can retrieve draft post titles due to missing capability checks in the Hash Elements WordPress 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:** 13 Nov 2024
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-334h-vcfc-hw2v

## What is CVE-2024-10802?

CVE-2024-10802 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in hashthemes Hash Elements, published on 13 Nov 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The Hash Elements plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access of data due to a missing capability check on the hash_elements_get_posts_title_by_id() function in all versions up to, and including, 1.4.7. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to retrieve draft post titles that should not be accessible to unauthenticated users.

Weakness: CWE-862 (Missing Authorization)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-10802?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Hashthemes Hash Elements.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-10802?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-10802 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-10802 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-10802 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in hashthemes Hash Elements

- [CVE-2025-22296](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-22296/): WordPress Hash Elements plugin <= 1.5.0 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2024-30426](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-30426/): WordPress Hash Elements plugin <= 1.3.3 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2024-5177](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-5177/): Hash Elements <= 1.3.8 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via url Parameter in Multiple Widgets (medium 6.4)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-10802 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-10802 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in hashthemes Hash Elements, published on 13 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-2024-10802 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: hashthemes Hash Elements. 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-2024-10802/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-10802/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-10802
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-10802
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-10802

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-10802/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.