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CVE-2024-13855: Prime Addons for Elementor <= 2.0.1 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Insecure Direct Object Reference via pae_global_block 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: 2025-02-20 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-284

Description

The Prime Addons for Elementor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Insecure Direct Object Reference in all versions up to, and including, 2.0.1 via the pae_global_block 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, private, password protected, and restricted posts. This applies to posts created with Elementor only.

Affected products

• nilambar Prime Addons for Elementor: through 2.0.1

References

• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3244276/prime-addons-for-elementor/trunk/includes/global-blocks/class-global-blocks.php
• https://wordpress.org/plugins/prime-addons-for-elementor/#developers
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/ac5012f2-3518-41c0-befe-597008f22152?source=cve

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