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CVE-2024-13854: Education Addon for Elementor <= 1.3.1 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Insecure Direct Object Reference via naedu_elementor_template Shortcode

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2025-02-19 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-284

Description

The Education Addon for Elementor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Insecure Direct Object Reference in all versions up to, and including, 1.3.1 via the naedu_elementor_template shortcode due to missing validation on a user controlled key. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to extract information from posts that are not public, including drafts, password protected, and restricted posts. This applies to posts created with Elementor only.

Affected products

• nicheaddons Education Addon for Elementor: through 1.3.1

References

• https://wordpress.org/plugins/education-addon/#developers
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/50e8811c-07b1-4325-92a4-dc1c91afbe9e?source=cve

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