WordPress security changelog
HIGH CVE-2026-4659 Deferred

Unlimited Elements For Elementor: Filesystem traversal

Unlimited Elements For Elementor is affected by filesystem traversal. Exploitation requires an authenticated author account. A crafted path can escape the intended directory and reach files or directories elsewhere on the server. The published affected range is <= 2.0.6.

CVE / CNA score 7.5 CVSS 3.1 · security@wordfence.com
NVD score Pending NVD has not published its own CVSS assessment.
Component
Unlimited Elements For Elementor
Plugin slug
unlimited-elements-for-elementor
Affected
<= 2.0.6
Safe version
See mitigation notes
Published
Apr 17, 2026
Weakness
CWE-22 — Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

This CVE was published Apr 17, 2026 and is one of 42 known issues for this plugin.

What to do

Update, patch or deactivate.

No fixed release is identified. Update Unlimited Elements For Elementor when a release after 2.0.6 becomes available; until then, disable and remove it when the site's risk warrants. The official upstream changelog lists version 2.0.16, which is newer than the published affected range. Its changelog does not clearly confirm this specific fix, so it is not counted as a known-safe release.

No confirmed safe version is listed. Consider a vendor-supported patch or temporarily restricting the affected functionality while you assess the risk.

Deactivate only when warranted by your risk profile, or when advised by your hosting provider in the limited circumstances where the vulnerability cannot otherwise be mitigated. If you’re unsure which action is appropriate, contact Fused or your hosting provider for guidance.

Source record

Technical description

The Unlimited Elements for Elementor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Arbitrary File Read via the Repeater JSON/CSV URL parameter in versions up to, and including, 2.0.6. This is due to insufficient path traversal sanitization in the URLtoRelative() and urlToPath() functions, combined with the ability to enable debug output in widget settings. The URLtoRelative() function only performs a simple string replacement to remove the site's base URL without sanitizing path traversal sequences (../), and the cleanPath() function only normalizes directory separators without removing traversal components. This allows an attacker to provide a URL like http://site.com/../../../../etc/passwd which, after URLtoRelative() strips the domain, results in /../../../../etc/passwd being concatenated with the base path and ultimately resolved to /etc/passwd. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with Author-level access and above to read arbitrary local files from the WordPress host, including sensitive files such as wp-config.

CVE / CNA vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

References

Primary and upstream sources