CVE-2024-2974: CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor in wpdevteam Essential Addons for Elementor – Popular Elementor Templates & Widgets
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 extract sensitive data including private and draft posts.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
The Essential Addons for Elementor plugin for WordPress contains a sensitive information exposure vulnerability (CWE-200) in the load_more function. Versions up to and including 5.9.13 allow unauthenticated attackers to retrieve private and draft posts, potentially leaking confidential data. The vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 5.3, reflecting a network attack vector with low complexity and no privileges required. The vulnerability affects confidentiality only, with no impact on integrity or availability.
Potential Impact
An unauthenticated attacker can extract sensitive data such as private and draft posts from affected versions of the plugin. This exposure compromises confidentiality but does not affect data integrity or system availability. There are no reports of active exploitation in the wild at this time.
Mitigation Recommendations
Patch status is not yet confirmed — check the vendor advisory for current remediation guidance. Until an official fix is released, consider restricting access to the affected plugin's functionality or disabling it if feasible to prevent unauthorized data exposure.
CVE-2024-2974: CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor in wpdevteam Essential Addons for Elementor – Popular Elementor Templates & Widgets
Description
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 extract sensitive data including private and draft posts.
AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
The Essential Addons for Elementor plugin for WordPress contains a sensitive information exposure vulnerability (CWE-200) in the load_more function. Versions up to and including 5.9.13 allow unauthenticated attackers to retrieve private and draft posts, potentially leaking confidential data. The vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 5.3, reflecting a network attack vector with low complexity and no privileges required. The vulnerability affects confidentiality only, with no impact on integrity or availability.
Potential Impact
An unauthenticated attacker can extract sensitive data such as private and draft posts from affected versions of the plugin. This exposure compromises confidentiality but does not affect data integrity or system availability. There are no reports of active exploitation in the wild at this time.
Mitigation Recommendations
Patch status is not yet confirmed — check the vendor advisory for current remediation guidance. Until an official fix is released, consider restricting access to the affected plugin's functionality or disabling it if feasible to prevent unauthorized data exposure.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.1
- Assigner Short Name
- Wordfence
- Date Reserved
- 2024-03-27T03:55:57.729Z
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
Threat ID: 699f6dbcb7ef31ef0b58d610
Added to database: 2/25/2026, 9:46:36 PM
Last enriched: 4/9/2026, 2:11:08 PM
Last updated: 4/12/2026, 10:30:06 AM
Views: 10
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