# CVE-2024-6171: Unlimited Elements For Elementor (Free Widgets, Addons, Templates) <= 1.5.112 - IP Address Spoofing to Antispam Bypass

> Unauthenticated attackers can bypass antispam protections in Form Builder widgets by spoofing IP addresses via HTTP headers.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/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:** 9 Jul 2024
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-wmw4-vj25-rfxw

## What is CVE-2024-6171?

CVE-2024-6171 is a medium-severity vulnerability in unitecms Unlimited Elements For Elementor, published on 9 Jul 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The Unlimited Elements For Elementor (Free Widgets, Addons, Templates) plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to IP Address Spoofing in all versions up to, and including, 1.5.112 due to insufficient IP address validation and/or use of user-supplied HTTP headers as a primary method for IP retrieval. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers  to bypass antispam functionality in the Form Builder widgets.

Weakness: CWE-348 (Use of Less Trusted Source)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-6171?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Unlimited-Elements Unlimited Elements for Elementor \(Free Widgets\, Addons\, Templates\).

## How do I fix CVE-2024-6171?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-6171 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-6171 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-6171 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in unitecms Unlimited Elements For Elementor

- [CVE-2024-6166](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-6166/): SQL injection in Unlimited Elements For Elementor (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2024-6169](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-6169/): Cross-site scripting in Unlimited Elements For Elementor (medium 6.4)
- [CVE-2024-6170](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-6170/): Cross-site scripting in Unlimited Elements For Elementor (medium 6.4)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-6171 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-6171 is a medium-severity vulnerability in unitecms Unlimited Elements For Elementor, published on 9 Jul 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-2024-6171 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: unitecms Unlimited Elements 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-2024-6171/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-6171/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-6171
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-6171
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-6171

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-6171/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.