# CVE-2024-37455: WordPress Ultimate Addons for elementor plugin <= 1.36.31 - Privilege Escalation vulnerability

> An attacker can escalate privileges in the Ultimate Addons for Elementor WordPress plugin due to improper privilege management.

- **Severity:** High 8.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/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:** 9 Jul 2024
- **Updated:** 28 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-v2f6-jrg6-2rmg

## What is CVE-2024-37455?

CVE-2024-37455 is a high-severity vulnerability in Brainstorm Force Ultimate Addons for Elementor, published on 9 Jul 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Improper Privilege Management vulnerability in Brainstorm Force Ultimate Addons for Elementor allows Privilege Escalation.This issue affects Ultimate Addons for Elementor: from n/a through 1.36.31.

Weakness: CWE-269 (Improper Privilege Management)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-37455?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Brainstormforce Ultimate Addons for Elementor.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-37455?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-37455 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-37455 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-37455 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Brainstorm Force Ultimate Addons for Elementor

- [CVE-2020-13125](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-13125/): Auth bypass in n/a (high 7.2)
- [CVE-2021-24271](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-24271/): Ultimate Addons for Elementor < 1.30.0 - Contributor+ Stored XSS (medium 5.4)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-37455 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-37455 is a high-severity vulnerability in Brainstorm Force Ultimate Addons for Elementor, published on 9 Jul 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-2024-37455 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Brainstorm Force Ultimate 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-2024-37455/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-37455/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-37455
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-37455
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-37455

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-37455/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.