CVE-2024-12061 Events Addon for Elementor <= 2.2.3 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Post Disclosure

Medium 4.3 Published Updated

Authenticated contributors can access private or draft Elementor posts via a shortcode, exposing sensitive content to unauthorized users.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2024-12061?

CVE-2024-12061 is a medium-severity vulnerability in nicheaddons Events Addon for Elementor, published on 18 Dec 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The Events Addon for Elementor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Information Exposure in all versions up to, and including, 2.2.3 via the naevents_elementor_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

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-12061?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Nicheaddons Events Addon for Elementor.

How do I fix CVE-2024-12061?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-12061 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2024-12061 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-12061 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-c572-8296-m5r9.

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