# CVE-2024-9538: ShopLentor <= 2.9.8 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Sensitive Information Exposure via WL: FAQ Widget Elementor Template

> Authenticated contributors can extract sensitive private, pending, and draft Elementor template data from the ShopLentor plugin.

- **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:** 11 Oct 2024
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-w7hg-wgqh-73cr

## What is CVE-2024-9538?

CVE-2024-9538 is a medium-severity vulnerability in devitemsllc ShopLentor – All-in-One WooCommerce Growth & Store Enhancement Plugin, published on 11 Oct 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The ShopLentor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure in all versions up to, and including, 2.9.8 via the 'render' function in includes/addons/wl_faq.php. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to extract sensitive private, pending, and draft Elementor template data.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-9538?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Hasthemes Shoplentor.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-9538?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-9538 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-9538 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-9538 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in devitemsllc ShopLentor – All-in-One WooCommerce Growth & Store Enhancement Plugin

- [CVE-2025-12493](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-12493/): ShopLentor <= 3.2.5 - Unauthenticated Local PHP File Inclusion via 'load_template' (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2023-0232](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-0232/): ShopLentor < 2.5.4 - PHP Object Injection (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2024-4566](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-4566/): ShopLentor <= 2.8.8 - Missing Authorization to WordPress Option Modification (high 7.1)
- [CVE-2025-58990](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-58990/): WordPress ShopLentor Plugin <= 3.2.0 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2025-3775](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-3775/): Server-side request forgery in ShopLentor – All-in-One WooCommerce Growth & Store Enhancement Plugin (medium 6.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-9538 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-9538 is a medium-severity vulnerability in devitemsllc ShopLentor – All-in-One WooCommerce Growth & Store Enhancement Plugin, published on 11 Oct 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-2024-9538 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: devitemsllc ShopLentor – All-in-One WooCommerce Growth & Store Enhancement Plugin. 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-2024-9538/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-9538/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-9538
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-9538
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-9538

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-9538/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.