CVE-2024-13834 Server-side request forgery in Responsive Plus – Elementor Templates & Starter Sites

Medium 5.4 Published Updated

Authenticated contributors can exploit a Server-Side Request Forgery vulnerability to query and modify internal services via the remote_request function.

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-2024-13834?

CVE-2024-13834 is a medium-severity server-side request forgery vulnerability in cyberchimps Responsive Plus – Elementor Templates & Starter Sites, published on 15 Feb 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The Responsive Plus – Starter Templates, Advanced Features and Customizer Settings for Responsive Theme plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Server-Side Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 3.1.4 via the 'remote_request' function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to make web requests to arbitrary locations originating from the web application and can be used to query and modify information from internal services.

Weakness: CWE-918

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-13834?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Cyberchimps Responsive Addons.

How do I fix CVE-2024-13834?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-13834 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and send outbound requests through an allow-list that blocks internal addresses. More about Server-side request forgery.

Is CVE-2024-13834 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-13834 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-8mhw-5653-r6mq.

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