wpdevteam Essential Addons for Elementor Plugin up to 6.0.9 on WordPress init_content_lostpassword_user_email_controls information disclosure

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A vulnerability described as problematic has been identified in wpdevteam Essential Addons for Elementor Plugin up to 6.0.9 on WordPress. This affects the function init_content_lostpassword_user_email_controls. The manipulation results in information disclosure. This vulnerability was named CVE-2024-8979. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit.

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A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in wpdevteam Essential Addons for Elementor Plugin up to 6.0.9 on WordPress. Affected is the function init_content_lostpassword_user_email_controls. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

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.

The weakness was presented by Wesley. The advisory is shared for download at wordfence.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2024-8979 since 09/18/2024. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1592.

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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• wpdevteam

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• Essential Addons for Elementor Plugin

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• 6.0.0
• 6.0.1
• 6.0.2
• 6.0.3
• 6.0.4
• 6.0.5
• 6.0.6
• 6.0.7
• 6.0.8
• 6.0.9

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