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CVE-2024-54278 (GCVE-0-2024-54278)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-12-13 14:24 – Updated: 2026-04-28 16:10

Title

WordPress News Ticker for Elementor plugin <= 2.1.3 - Broken Access Control vulnerability

Summary

Missing Authorization vulnerability in Plugin Devs News Ticker for Elementor news-ticker-for-elementor allows Accessing Functionality Not Properly Constrained by ACLs.This issue affects News Ticker for Elementor: from n/a through <= 2.1.3.

Severity

4.3 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2024-12-13 15:44 UTC

CWE

CWE-862 - Missing Authorization

Assigner

Patchstack mitre root

References

1 reference

URL	Tags
https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/…	vdb-entry

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version	CPE status
Plugin Devs	News Ticker for Elementor	Affected: 0 , ≤ 2.1.3 (custom)	guessed

Date Public

2026-04-01 16:30

Credits

Marek Mikita | Patchstack Bug Bounty Program

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FKIE_CVE-2024-54278

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2024-12-13 15:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 08:10

Severity

4.3 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Summary

References

	URL	Tags
	audit@patchstack.com	https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/news-ticker-for-elementor/vulnerability/wordpress-news-ticker-for-elementor-plugin-2-1-3-broken-access-control-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version

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GHSA-2Q85-M42H-7PQH

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-12-13 15:30 – Updated: 2026-04-01 18:32

Details

Missing Authorization vulnerability in Plugin Devs News Ticker for Elementor allows Accessing Functionality Not Properly Constrained by ACLs.This issue affects News Ticker for Elementor: from n/a through 2.1.3.

Severity

4.3 (Medium)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

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CVE-2024-54278 (GCVE-0-2024-54278)

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GHSA-2Q85-M42H-7PQH

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