# CVE-2024-8801: Happy Addons for Elementor <= 3.12.2 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Sensitive Information Exposure

> Authenticated contributors can extract sensitive private, draft, and pending Elementor templates via the Content Switcher widget.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/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:** 24 Sep 2024
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-gr7q-37gq-cg24

## What is CVE-2024-8801?

CVE-2024-8801 is a medium-severity vulnerability in thehappymonster Happy Addons for Elementor, published on 24 Sep 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The Happy Addons for Elementor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure in all versions up to, and including, 3.12.2 via the Content Switcher widget. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to extract sensitive data including private, draft, and pending Elementor templates.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-8801?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Wedevs Happy Addons for Elementor.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-8801?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-8801 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-8801 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-8801 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in thehappymonster Happy Addons for Elementor

- [CVE-2023-41236](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-41236/): WordPress Happy Elementor Addons Pro Plugin <= 2.8.0 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS) (high 7.1)
- [CVE-2024-12852](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-12852/): Happy Addons for Elementor <= 3.15.1 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting (medium 6.4)
- [CVE-2024-5790](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-5790/): Cross-site scripting in Happy Addons for Elementor (medium 6.4)
- [CVE-2023-6632](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-6632/): Happy Addons for Elementor <= 3.9.1.1 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (medium 6.1)
- [CVE-2021-24292](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-24292/): Happy Addons for Elementor Free < 2.24.0 and Pro < 1.17.0 - Contributor+ Stored XSS (medium 5.4)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-8801 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-8801 is a medium-severity vulnerability in thehappymonster Happy Addons for Elementor, published on 24 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-2024-8801 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: thehappymonster Happy 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-2024-8801/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-8801/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-8801
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-8801
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-8801

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-8801/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.