CVE-2024-8979

HIGH

Essential Addons for Elementor < 6.0.9 - Authenticated Sensitive Information Exposure via Password Reset Email

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

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.

Scores

CVSS v3 8.0
EPSS 0.0049
EPSS Percentile 38.4%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact total

Details

CWE
CWE-200
Status published
Products (2)
wpdeveloper/essential_addons_for_elementor < 6.0.10
wpdevteam/Essential Addons for Elementor – Popular Elementor Templates & Widgets < 6.0.9
Published Nov 15, 2024
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026