devitemsllc HT Mega Plugin up to 2.6.5 on WordPress Template Data htmega_accordion.php render exposure of sensitive information through metadata

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in devitemsllc HT Mega Plugin up to 2.6.5 on WordPress. This issue affects the function render of the file includes/widgets/htmega_accordion.php of the component Template Data Handler. The manipulation leads to exposure of sensitive information through metadata. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2024-8910. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists.

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A vulnerability was found in devitemsllc HT Mega Plugin up to 2.6.5 on WordPress and classified as problematic. This issue affects the function render of the file includes/widgets/htmega_accordion.php of the component Template Data Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a exposure of sensitive information through metadata vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-1230. The product prevents direct access to a resource containing sensitive information, but it does not sufficiently limit access to metadata that is derived from the original, sensitive information. Impacted is confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

The HT Mega – Absolute Addons For Elementor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure in all versions up to, and including, 2.6.5 via the render function in includes/widgets/htmega_accordion.php. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to extract sensitive private, pending, and draft template data.

The weakness was disclosed by Ankit Patel. It is possible to read the advisory at wordfence.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2024-8910 since 09/16/2024. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1592 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

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There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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• WordPress Plugin

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• devitemsllc

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• HT Mega Plugin

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• 2.6.0
• 2.6.1
• 2.6.2
• 2.6.3
• 2.6.4
• 2.6.5

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