What is CVE-2024-13854?

CVE-2024-13854 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Nicheaddons Education Addon, classified under Improper Access Control. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2025-02-19.

How severe is CVE-2024-13854?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.

Is CVE-2024-13854 known to be exploited?

2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Auth bypass in Nicheaddons Education Addon

CVE-2024-13854

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.

EPSS: 0.003 (25.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Nicheaddons Education_addon
Nicheaddons Education Addon For Elementor — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

security@wordfence.com (Third Party Advisory)
security@wordfence.com (Product)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-13854?: CVE-2024-13854 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Nicheaddons Education Addon, classified under Improper Access Control. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2025-02-19.
How severe is CVE-2024-13854?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-13854 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.