CVE-2024-8979 (GCVE-0-2024-8979)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-11-15 09:29 – Updated: 2024-11-15 17:52
VLAI?
Title
Essential Addons for Elementor – Best Elementor Addon, Templates, Widgets, Kits & WooCommerce Builders <= 6.0.9 - Authenticated (Author+) Sensitive Information Exposure to Privilege Escalation
Summary
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_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.
Severity ?
8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-200 - Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
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References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
wpdevteam Essential Addons for Elementor – Best Elementor Addon, Templates, Widgets, Kits & WooCommerce Builders Affected: * , ≤ 6.0.9 (semver)
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wesley
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