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CVE-2024-10050: Elementor Header & Footer Builder <= 1.6.43 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Information Disclosure via Shortcode

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2024-10-24 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-200

Description

The Elementor Header & Footer Builder plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Information Disclosure in all versions up to, and including, 1.6.43 via the hfe_template shortcode. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to view the contents of Draft, Private and Password-protected posts they do not own.

Affected products

• brainstormforce Ultimate Addons for Elementor: before 1.6.44 — fixed in 1.6.44

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: brainstormforce Ultimate Addons for Elementor 1.6.44. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/header-footer-elementor/tags/1.6.43/inc/class-header-footer-elementor.php#L634
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3173344/header-footer-elementor/trunk/inc/class-header-footer-elementor.php?contextall=1
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/662f6ae2-2047-4bbf-b4a6-2d536051e389?source=cve

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