CVE-2024-8978 Information disclosure in Essential Addons for Elementor – Popular Elementor Templates & Widgets

Medium 5.7 Published Updated

Authenticated contributors can extract usernames and passwords from registration emails via a vulnerable function in the Essential Addons for Elementor plugin.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
A user has to click or open something
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2024-8978?

CVE-2024-8978 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Wpdeveloper Essential Addons for Elementor, published on 15 Nov 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

The Essential Addons for Elementor – Best Elementor Addon, Templates, Widgets, Kits & WooCommerce Builders plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure in all versions up to, and including, 6.0.9 via the 'init_content_register_user_email_controls' function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to extract sensitive data including usernames and passwords of any users who register via the Login | Register Form widget, as long as that user opens the email notification for successful registration.

Weakness: CWE-200

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-8978?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Wpdeveloper Essential Addons for Elementor.

How do I fix CVE-2024-8978?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-8978 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2024-8978 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-8978 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Wpdeveloper Essential Addons for Elementor vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-946r-gmq4-6h84.

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