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

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

- **Severity:** Medium 5.4 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/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:** 15 Feb 2025
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-8mhw-5653-r6mq

## 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 (Server-Side Request Forgery)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-13834?

It affects 1 product.


Products: 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.

## Is CVE-2024-13834 being exploited?

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

## Other vulnerabilities in cyberchimps Responsive Plus – Elementor Templates & Starter Sites

- [CVE-2024-13354](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-13354/): Cross-site scripting in Responsive Addons for Elementor – Free Elementor Addons, Kits and Elementor Templates (medium 6.4)
- [CVE-2024-5222](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-5222/): Cross-site scripting in Responsive Plus – Elementor Templates & Starter Sites (medium 6.4)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-13834 and fix it if it is affected.

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

Affected product: cyberchimps Responsive Plus – Elementor Templates & Starter Sites. 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-2024-13834/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-13834/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-13834
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-13834
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-13834

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-13834/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.