# CVE-2024-2966: Information disclosure in Element Pack – Widgets, Templates & Addons for Elementor

> Unauthenticated attackers can extract sensitive data, including password-protected post details, via the plugin's search function.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 11 Apr 2024
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-cqp7-2728-738c

## What is CVE-2024-2966?

CVE-2024-2966 is a medium-severity vulnerability in bdthemes Element Pack – Widgets, Templates & Addons for Elementor, published on 11 Apr 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The Element Pack Elementor Addons (Header Footer, Template Library, Dynamic Grid & Carousel, Remote Arrows) plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure in all versions up to, and including, 5.5.6 via the  element_pack_ajax_search function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to extract sensitive data including password protected post details.

Weakness: CWE-200 (Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-2966?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Bdthemes Element Pack.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-2966?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-2966 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-2966 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-2966 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in bdthemes Element Pack – Widgets, Templates & Addons for Elementor

- [CVE-2024-33568](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-33568/): WordPress Element Pack Pro plugin < 7.19.3 - Arbitrary File Read and Phar Deserialization vulnerability (high 8.5)
- [CVE-2024-30496](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-30496/): WordPress Element Pack Lite plugin <= 5.5.3 - SQL Injection vulnerability (high 8.5)
- [CVE-2024-9657](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-9657/): Cross-site scripting in Element Pack – Widgets, Templates & Addons for Elementor (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2024-47392](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-47392/): WordPress Element Pack Elementor Addons plugin <= 5.7.5 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2024-4359](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-4359/): Path traversal in Element Pack – Widgets, Templates & Addons for Elementor (medium 6.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-2966 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-2966 is a medium-severity vulnerability in bdthemes Element Pack – Widgets, Templates & Addons for Elementor, published on 11 Apr 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-2966 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: bdthemes Element Pack – Widgets, Templates & Addons 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-2024-2966/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-2966/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-2966
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-2966
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-2966

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-2966/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.