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CVE-2024-8801: Happy Addons for Elementor <= 3.12.2 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Sensitive Information Exposure

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2024-09-25 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-200

Description

The Happy Addons for Elementor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure in all versions up to, and including, 3.12.2 via the Content Switcher widget. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to extract sensitive data including private, draft, and pending Elementor templates.

Affected products

• weDevs Happy Addons for Elementor: before 3.12.3 — fixed in 3.12.3

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: weDevs Happy Addons for Elementor 3.12.3. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/happy-elementor-addons/trunk/widgets/content-switcher/widget.php
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3154460/
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/9f1078b8-f458-46a6-9982-e8d2d1d1b73b?source=cve

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