What is CVE-2024-8494?

CVE-2024-8494 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Elementor Website Builder, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2025-01-30.

How severe is CVE-2024-8494?

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

Is CVE-2024-8494 known to be exploited?

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

Information disclosure in Elementor Website Builder

CVE-2024-8494

The Elementor Website Builder Pro plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure in all versions up to, and including, 3.25.10 via the 'elementor-template' shortcode. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to extract sensitive data including the content of Private, Pending, and Draft Templates. The vulnerability was partially patched in version 3.24.4.

Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure

EPSS: 0.003 (21.9th 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

Elementor Website_builder
Https://elementor.com/ Elementor Website Builder Pro — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-200 — Information Disclosure

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-8494?: CVE-2024-8494 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Elementor Website Builder, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2025-01-30.
How severe is CVE-2024-8494?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-8494 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.