CVE-2024-8979
HIGHEssential Addons for Elementor < 6.0.9 - Authenticated Sensitive Information Exposure via Password Reset Email
Title source: llmDescription
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.
References (3)
Core 3
Core References
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