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

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in wpdevteam Essential Addons for Elementor Plugin up to 6.0.9 on WordPress. Affected by this issue is the function init_content_register_user_email_controls. Executing a manipulation can lead to information disclosure. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2024-8978. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists.

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A vulnerability has been found in wpdevteam Essential Addons for Elementor Plugin up to 6.0.9 on WordPress and classified as problematic. This vulnerability affects the function init_content_register_user_email_controls. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. As an impact it is known to affect 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_register_user_email_controls' function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to extract sensitive data including usernames and passwords of any users who register via the Login | Register Form widget, as long as that user opens the email notification for successful registration.

The weakness was disclosed by Wesley. The advisory is shared for download at wordfence.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2024-8978 since 09/18/2024. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated 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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