# CVE-2024-6455: ElementsKit Elementor addons <= 3.2.0 - Unauthenticated Information Exposure via ekit_widgetarea_content Function

> Unauthenticated attackers can view private, draft, and pending Elementor content due to missing capability checks in the ElementsKit plugin.

- **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:** 18 Jul 2024
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-2r9v-8q3m-99hf

## What is CVE-2024-6455?

CVE-2024-6455 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in roxnor ElementsKit Elementor Addons – Advanced Widgets & Templates Addons for Elementor, published on 18 Jul 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The ElementsKit Elementor addons plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Information Exposure in all versions up to, and including, 3.2.0 due to a missing capability checks on ekit_widgetarea_content function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to view any item created in Elementor, such as posts, pages and templates including drafts, pending and private items.

Weakness: CWE-862 (Missing Authorization), CWE-200 (Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-6455?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Wpmet Elements Kit Elementor Addons.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-6455?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-6455 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-6455 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-6455 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in roxnor ElementsKit Elementor Addons – Advanced Widgets & Templates Addons for Elementor

- [CVE-2024-3499](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-3499/): ElementsKit Elementor addons <= 3.1.0 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Local File Inclusion via Onepage Scroll Module (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2024-2047](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-2047/): ElementsKit Elementor addons <= 3.0.6 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Local File Inclusion in render_raw (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2024-32505](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-32505/): WordPress ElementsKit Elementor addons plugin <= 3.0.6 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2024-10091](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-10091/): Cross-site scripting in ElementsKit Elementor Addons – Advanced Widgets & Templates Addons for Elementor (medium 6.4)
- [CVE-2024-3650](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-3650/): Cross-site scripting in ElementsKit Elementor addons and Templates Library (medium 6.4)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-6455 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-6455 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in roxnor ElementsKit Elementor Addons – Advanced Widgets & Templates Addons for Elementor, published on 18 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-2024-6455 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: roxnor ElementsKit Elementor Addons – Advanced 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-2024-6455/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-6455/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-6455
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-6455
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-6455

---
From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-6455/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.