# CVE-2024-37091: WordPress Consulting Elementor Widgets plugin <= 1.3.0 - Remote Code Execution (RCE) vulnerability

> Attackers can execute arbitrary OS commands via improper neutralization in Consulting and Masterstudy Elementor Widgets plugins.

- **Severity:** Critical 9.9 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **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:** 24 Jun 2024
- **Updated:** 28 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-9cp8-pr92-vg9q

## What is CVE-2024-37091?

CVE-2024-37091 is a critical command injection vulnerability in StylemixThemes Consulting Elementor Widgets, published on 24 Jun 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command ('Command Injection') vulnerability in StylemixThemes Consulting Elementor Widgets, StylemixThemes Masterstudy Elementor Widgets allows OS Command Injection.This issue affects Consulting Elementor Widgets: from n/a through 1.3.0; Masterstudy Elementor Widgets: from n/a through 1.2.2.

Weakness: CWE-78 (Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command), CWE-77 (Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-37091?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Stylemixthemes Consulting Elementor Widgets.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-37091?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-37091 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-37091 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-37091 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in StylemixThemes Consulting Elementor Widgets

- [CVE-2024-37089](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-37089/): WordPress Consulting Elementor Widgets plugin <= 1.3.0 - Unauthenticated Local File Inclusion vulnerability (critical 9.0)
- [CVE-2024-37090](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-37090/): SQL Injection vulnerability in multiple StylemixThemes premium themes (high 8.5)
- [CVE-2024-37092](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-37092/): WordPress Consulting Elementor Widgets plugin <= 1.3.0 - Local File Inclusion vulnerability (high 8.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-37091 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-37091 is a critical command injection vulnerability in StylemixThemes Consulting Elementor Widgets, published on 24 Jun 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-37091 exists.

Affected product: StylemixThemes Consulting Elementor Widgets. 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-2024-37091/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-37091/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-37091
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-37091
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-37091

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-37091/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.