{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 1 product.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-8979 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2024-8979 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.","what":"CVE-2024-8979 is a high-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."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2024-8979 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2024-8979 is a high-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.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-8979 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: Wpdeveloper Essential Addons for Elementor. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. 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.\n2. 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.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-8979/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-8979/index.md)","id":"CVE-2024-8979","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-8979/index.md","name":"CVE-2024-8979","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-45w9-22fh-qrx4"],"analysis":{"component_type":"cms_plugin","fix_type":"upgrade","impacts":["data_read","privilege_escalation"],"network_reachable":"yes","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"WordPress plugin","requires_auth":"low_privilege","summary":"Authenticated attackers can extract sensitive user credentials via email notifications, potentially leading to privilege escalation in WordPress installations using this plugin.","user_interaction":"required","vuln_class":"information_disclosure"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"Wordfence","cpe":[{"product":"essential_addons_for_elementor","vendor":"wpdeveloper"}],"cvss":{"score":8,"severity":"high","source":"cna","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-200","name":"Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor"}],"description":"The Essential Addons for Elementor – Best Elementor Addon, Templates, Widgets, Kits \u0026 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_lostpassword_user_email_controls' function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Author-level access and above, to extract sensitive data including usernames and passwords of any user, including Administrators, as long as that user opens the email notification for a password change request and images are not blocked by the email client.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":null,"headline":"Information disclosure in Essential Addons for Elementor – Popular Elementor Templates \u0026 Widgets","id":"CVE-2024-8979","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":"wpdeveloper:essential_addons_for_elementor","products":["wpdeveloper:essential_addons_for_elementor"],"type":"information_disclosure","year":"2024"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":3,"next":{"headline":"Liferay Portal and Liferay DXP Vulnerable to CSRF in the Script Console","id":"CVE-2024-8980"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"Information disclosure in Essential Addons for Elementor – Popular Elementor Templates \u0026 Widgets","id":"CVE-2024-8978"},"products":["Essential Addons for Elementor – Popular Elementor Templates \u0026 Widgets"],"published":"2024-11-15","related":[{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"WordPress Essential Addons for Elementor Plugin 5.4.0-5.7.1 is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation","id":"CVE-2023-32243","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2023-05-12"},{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"Essential Addons for Elementor \u003c 5.0.5 - Unauthenticated LFI","id":"CVE-2022-0320","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2022-02-01"},{"cvss_score":8.8,"headline":"Essential Addons for Elementor \u003c= 4.6.4 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Privilege Escalation","id":"CVE-2021-4447","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2024-10-16"},{"cvss_score":8.8,"headline":"WordPress Essential Addons for Elementor plugin \u003c= 5.8.8 - Contributor+ Privilege Escalation vulnerability","id":"CVE-2023-41955","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2024-05-17"},{"cvss_score":8.8,"headline":"Essential Addons for Elementor \u003c= 5.9.13 - Authenticated (Author+) PHP Object Injection via error_resetpassword","id":"CVE-2024-3018","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2024-03-30"},{"cvss_score":7.4,"headline":"Cross-site scripting in Essential Addons for Elementor – Popular Elementor Templates \u0026 Widgets","id":"CVE-2024-1536","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2024-03-13"}],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":"no","exploitation":"none","technical_impact":"total"},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2026-04-08","vendors":["wpdevteam"]},"summary":"Authenticated attackers can extract sensitive user credentials via email notifications, potentially leading to privilege escalation in WordPress installations using this plugin.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-8979/"}