CVE-2024-3927
Bdthemes Element Pack ≤ 5.6.4
Raw vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:NSummary
CVE-2024-3927 is a medium-severity Improper Protection of Alternate Path (CWE-424) vulnerability in Bdthemes Element Pack. Its CVSS base score is 5.3 (Medium).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked at the 35th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
The strongest mitigations our analysis identified map to AC-24 (Access Control Decisions) and AC-25 (Reference Monitor) — see the control section below for these in your framework.
OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2024-32494
Vulnerability Data
The Element Pack Elementor Addons (Header Footer, Template Library, Dynamic Grid & Carousel, Remote Arrows) plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Form Submission Admin Email Bypass in all versions up to, and including, 5.6.3. This is due to the plugin…
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not properly checking for all variations of an administrators emails. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to bypass the restriction using a +value when submitting the contact form.
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Mitigating Controls
Control response
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- 6 hardening rules · 4 OS baselines
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Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI
Requiring access-control decisions to be applied to each request ensures no alternate path can bypass authorization checks.
A reference monitor that is always invoked by definition covers every possible path, eliminating the root cause of unprotected alternate paths.
Enforcing approved authorizations for every logical access request structurally blocks unprotected alternate paths to restricted resources.
Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI
Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→CSF cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.
Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI
Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.
Privileged access rights must be enforced on every possible route to privileged functions.
Security testing can discover unprotected alternate paths before release.
Information access restriction mechanisms must close all alternate paths to restricted data or functions.
Access control policy directly requires protection of all entry points to restricted functionality.
Managing access rights must cover every alternate path that could bypass intended restrictions.
Network security can limit some alternate paths but is not the primary control for application-level path protection.
Hardening callouts derived
Configuration rules from DISA STIG baselines that bear on weaknesses of the type cited by this CVE. Each rule is shown with the relationship its mapping actually records, against the CWE it was authored against. Derived via CVE→CWE over `controls_xwalks` (authoritative rows only; rows rated `none` are excluded).
Oracle Linux 9 (1 rule)
- V-271452 OL 9 must use a Linux Security Module configured to enforce limits on system services. prevents CWE-424
RHEL 9 (1 rule)
- V-258078 RHEL 9 must use a Linux Security Module configured to enforce limits on system services. prevents CWE-424
Ubuntu 22.04 (1 rule)
- V-260529 Ubuntu 22.04 LTS must be configured so that remote X connections are disabled, unless to fulfill documented and validated mission requirements. prevents CWE-424
Ubuntu 24.04 (1 rule)
- V-270708 Ubuntu 24.04 LTS must be configured so that remote X connections are disabled, unless to fulfill documented and validated mission requirements. prevents CWE-424