Missing authorization in bdthemes Element Pack – Widgets, Templates & Addons for Elementor
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · None · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-862.
Summary
The Element Pack Elementor Addons (Header Footer, Template Library, Dynamic Grid, Carousel and Remote Arrows) plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access of data due to a missing capability check on the get_layouts() function in all versions up to, and including, 5.10.12. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to obtain a detailed listing of layout templates.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-11852
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-f8mq-v5j8-fgcq
References
Patch 2
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/bdthemes-element-pack-lite/trunk/includes/template-library/editor/manager/api.php#L100
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&new=3208986%40bdthemes-element-pack-lite%2Ftrunk&old=3204020%40bdthemes-element-pack-lite%2Ftrunk&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
More bdthemes Element Pack vulnerabilities
- TI-2024-10178 Element Pack Elementor Addons < 5.10.3 - Contributor+ Stored XSS CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.4
- TI-2024-09719 Element Pack Elementor Addons < 5.10.3 - Contributor+ Stored XSS CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.4
- TI-2024-20220 WordPress Element Pack Lite plugin <= 5.5.3 - SQL Injection vulnerability CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2024-02773 Information disclosure in bdthemes Element Pack – Widgets, Templates & Addons for… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2024-22155 WordPress Element Pack Pro plugin < 7.19.3 - Arbitrary File Read and Phar Deserialization vulnerability CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.5
- TI-2025-07410 Cross-site scripting in bdthemes Element Pack – Widgets, Templates & Addons for Elementor CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.4
Sources
- CVE-2024-11852 · CVE Program
- CVE-2024-11852 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-f8mq-v5j8-fgcq · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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