CVE-2024-23523 WordPress Elementor Pro plugin <= 3.19.2 - Contributor+ Arbitrary User Meta Data Retrieval vulnerability
Medium 6.5
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-23523 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2024-23523 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Elementor Pro, published on 16 Mar 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-23523 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Affected product: Elementor Pro. 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-2024-23523/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-23523/index.md)
Contributors can retrieve arbitrary user meta data in Elementor Pro, exposing sensitive information to unauthorized actors.
- 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-2024-23523?
CVE-2024-23523 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Elementor Pro, published on 16 Mar 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor vulnerability in Elementor Pro.This issue affects Elementor Pro: from n/a through 3.19.2.
Weakness: CWE-200
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-23523?
How do I fix CVE-2024-23523?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-23523 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2024-23523 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-23523 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-f47f-xrrv-57gg.