# CVE-2024-8106: The Ultimate WordPress Toolkit – WP Extended <= 3.0.8 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Sensitive Information Exposure

> Authenticated subscribers can extract sensitive user data like usernames, hashed passwords, and emails via the download_user_ajax function.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/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:** 4 Sep 2024
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-3xfv-v3m6-pcv2

## What is CVE-2024-8106?

CVE-2024-8106 is a medium-severity vulnerability in wpextended The Ultimate WordPress Toolkit – WP Extended, published on 4 Sep 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The The Ultimate WordPress Toolkit – WP Extended plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure in all versions up to, and including, 3.0.8 via the download_user_ajax function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to extract sensitive data including usernames, hashed passwords, and emails.

Weakness: CWE-200 (Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-8106?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Wpextended Wp Extended.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-8106?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-8106 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-8106 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-8106 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in wpextended The Ultimate WordPress Toolkit – WP Extended

- [CVE-2024-8102](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-8102/): The Ultimate WordPress Toolkit – WP Extended <= 3.0.8 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary Options Update (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2024-8104](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-8104/): Path traversal in The Ultimate WordPress Toolkit – WP Extended (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2024-11916](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-11916/): Missing authorization in The Ultimate WordPress Toolkit – WP Extended (high 7.4)
- [CVE-2024-37259](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-37259/): WordPress WP Extended plugin <= 2.4.7 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability (high 7.1)
- [CVE-2024-9347](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-9347/): The Ultimate WordPress Toolkit – WP Extended <= 3.0.9 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (medium 6.1)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-8106 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-8106 is a medium-severity vulnerability in wpextended The Ultimate WordPress Toolkit – WP Extended, published on 4 Sep 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-2024-8106 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: wpextended The Ultimate WordPress Toolkit – WP Extended. 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-2024-8106/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-8106/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-8106
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-8106
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-8106

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-8106/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.