CVE-2024-8978

15.11.2024, 10:15

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.

Provider	Type	Base Score	Atk. Vector	Atk. Complexity	Priv. Required	Vector
NIST	NIST	5.7 MEDIUM	NETWORK	LOW	LOW	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Wordfence	CNA	5.7 MEDIUM				CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CISA-ADP	ADP	---				---

Base Score

CVSS 3.x

EPSS Score

Percentile: 28%

Vendor	Product	Version
wpdeveloper	essential_addons_for_elementor	𝑥 < 6.0.10

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= Vulnerable software versions

Common Weakness Enumeration

CWE-200 - Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information.

References

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/essential-addons-for-elementor-lite/trunk/includes/Elements/Login_Register.php#L2220

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3188634/

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/baae8fb9-b87c-4f61-88da-871c4c83615b?source=cve