CVE-2024-12046

Summary

CVE-2024-12046 is a vulnerability affecting the Medical Addon for Elementor plugin for WordPress. This issue allows authenticated attackers with Contributor-level access or higher to read the content of draft, pending, and private posts. The vulnerability arises from a missing validation check on a user-controlled key within the 'namedical_elementor_template' shortcode, resulting in an Insecure Direct Object Reference. This weakness can pose a significant risk to the confidentiality of sensitive information on affected WordPress sites. It is recommended that users of the Medical Addon for Elementor plugin update to the latest version as soon as possible to mitigate this vulnerability.

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