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CVE-2024-4788: Boostify Header Footer Builder for Elementor <= 1.3.5 - Missing Authorization to Page/Post Creation

• 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: 2024-06-06 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-862

Description

The Boostify Header Footer Builder for Elementor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the create_bhf_post function in all versions up to, and including, 1.3.5. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to create pages or posts with arbitrary content.

Affected products

• duongancol Boostify Header Footer Builder for Elementor: before 1.3.6 — fixed in 1.3.6

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: duongancol Boostify Header Footer Builder for Elementor 1.3.6. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/boostify-header-footer-builder/trunk/inc/admin/class-admin.php#L280
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3108382%40boostify-header-footer-builder&new=3108382%40boostify-header-footer-builder&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/1090acfc-5b0c-478a-ac71-db54fdaefdf5?source=cve
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/boostify-header-footer-builder/trunk/inc/admin/class-admin.php#L280
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/1090acfc-5b0c-478a-ac71-db54fdaefdf5?source=cve

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