Elementor Website Builder – More than Just a Page Builder: A security weakness
Elementor Website Builder – More than Just a Page Builder is affected by a security weakness. Exploitation requires at least contributor-level access. The resulting impact depends on how the affected component exposes the vulnerable operation.
- Component
- Elementor Website Builder – More than Just a Page Builder
- Plugin slug
elementor- Affected
- See vendor advisory
- Safe version
- See mitigation notes
- Published
- Oct 15, 2024
This CVE was published Oct 15, 2024 and is one of 30 known issues for this plugin.
Update, patch or deactivate.
Update Elementor Website Builder – More than Just a Page Builder to a release outside the affected range, or disable and remove it until a fixed version is available.
No confirmed safe version is listed. Consider a vendor-supported patch or temporarily restricting the affected functionality while you assess the risk.
Deactivate only when warranted by your risk profile, or when advised by your hosting provider in the limited circumstances where the vulnerability cannot otherwise be mitigated. If you’re unsure which action is appropriate, contact Fused or your hosting provider for guidance.
Technical description
The Elementor Website Builder – More than Just a Page Builder plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Basic Information Exposure in all versions up to, and including, 3.23.5 via the get_image_alt function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to extract either excerpt data or titles of private or password-protected posts.
CVE / CNA vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N