# CVE-2024-3249: Zita Elementor Site Library <= 1.6.2 - Missing Authorization to Page Creation and Options Modification

> Authenticated subscribers can create pages and modify site options due to missing capability checks in the Zita Elementor Site Library plugin.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/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:** 25 Jun 2024
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-f75m-4rx3-qhq8

## What is CVE-2024-3249?

CVE-2024-3249 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in wpzita Zita Site Library for Elementor, published on 25 Jun 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The Zita Elementor Site Library plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the import_xml_data, xml_data_import, import_option_data, import_widgets, and import_customizer_settings functions in all versions up to, and including, 1.6.2. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to create pages, update certain options, including WooCommerce page titles and Elementor settings, import widgets, and update the plugin's customizer settings and the WordPress custom CSS. NOTE: This vulnerability was partially fixed in version 1.6.2.

Weakness: CWE-862 (Missing Authorization)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-3249?


## How do I fix CVE-2024-3249?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-3249 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-3249 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-3249 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-3249 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-3249 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in wpzita Zita Site Library for Elementor, published on 25 Jun 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-2024-3249 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: wpzita Zita Site Library 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-2024-3249/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-3249/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-3249
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-3249
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-3249

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-3249/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.