# CVE-2024-13854: Information disclosure in Education Addon for Elementor

> Authenticated contributors can access private Elementor posts via insecure direct object reference in the Education Addon plugin.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/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:** 19 Feb 2025
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-8fx2-6c45-vg8j

## What is CVE-2024-13854?

CVE-2024-13854 is a medium-severity vulnerability in nicheaddons Education Addon for Elementor, published on 19 Feb 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The Education Addon for Elementor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Insecure Direct Object Reference in all versions up to, and including, 1.3.1 via the naedu_elementor_template shortcode due to missing validation on a user controlled key. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to extract information from posts that are not public, including drafts, password protected, and restricted posts. This applies to posts created with Elementor only.

Weakness: CWE-639 (Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key), CWE-284 (Improper Access Control)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-13854?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Nicheaddons Education Addon.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-13854?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-13854 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-13854 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-13854 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-13854 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-13854 is a medium-severity vulnerability in nicheaddons Education Addon for Elementor, published on 19 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-2024-13854 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: nicheaddons Education Addon for Elementor. 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-2024-13854/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-13854/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-13854
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-13854
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-13854

---
From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-13854/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.