CVE-2024-2974
Published: 09 April 2024
Summary
CVE-2024-2974 is a medium-severity Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor (CWE-200) vulnerability in Wpdeveloper Essential Addons For Elementor. Its CVSS base score is 5.3 (Medium).
Operationally, ranked in the top 39.4% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2024-27914
Vulnerability details
The Essential Addons for Elementor – Best Elementor Templates, Widgets, Kits & WooCommerce Builders plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure in versions up to, and including, 5.9.13 via the load_more function. This can allow unauthenticated attackers to…
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extract sensitive data including private and draft posts.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
Likely Mitigating Controls AI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
Documenting information locations and authorized users enables better protection against unauthorized exposure of sensitive data.
Requiring equivalent controls at the alternate storage site prevents unauthorized exposure of sensitive backup data.
Protecting confidentiality of backup information prevents unauthorized exposure of sensitive data stored in backups.
Policies mandate protection of CUI on external systems, directly reducing unauthorized exposure of sensitive information.
Categorization identifies sensitive data so that confidentiality protections commensurate with impact level are selected and documented.
Encrypting or otherwise protecting data at rest directly prevents unauthorized actors from reading sensitive information stored on disk or other media.
Fragmentation across systems ensures that exposure from any single component yields only incomplete information, directly reducing the impact of unauthorized disclosure.
OPSEC controls directly protect supply chain information from unauthorized observation or disclosure.