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CVE-2024-4875: HT Mega – Absolute Addons For Elementor <= 2.5.2 - Missing Authorization to Options Update

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2024-05-21 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-862

Description

The HT Mega – Absolute Addons For Elementor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data|loss of data due to a missing capability check on the 'ajax_dismiss' function in versions up to, and including, 2.5.2. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level permissions and above, to update options such as users_can_register, which can lead to unauthorized user registration.

Affected products

• devitemsllc HT Mega Addons for Elementor – Elementor Widgets & Template Builder: before 2.5.3 — fixed in 2.5.3

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: devitemsllc HT Mega Addons for Elementor – Elementor Widgets & Template Builder 2.5.3. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ht-mega-for-elementor/trunk/admin/include/class.dynamic-notice.php#L52
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3088899/ht-mega-for-elementor/trunk/admin/include/class.dynamic-notice.php
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/bdd3868a-d741-42b4-bc7f-6fb5d33bb71b?source=cve
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ht-mega-for-elementor/trunk/admin/include/class.dynamic-notice.php#L52
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3088899/ht-mega-for-elementor/trunk/admin/include/class.dynamic-notice.php
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/bdd3868a-d741-42b4-bc7f-6fb5d33bb71b?source=cve

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