CVE-2026-4659

April 17, 2026, 7:16 a.m.

7.5
High

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.

Product(s) Impacted

Vendor Product Versions
Unlimited Elements
  • Unlimited Elements For Elementor
  • *

Weaknesses

Common security weaknesses mapped to this vulnerability.

CWE-22
Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory.

*CPE(s)

Affected systems and software identified for this CVE.

Type Vendor Product Version Update Edition Language Software Edition Target Software Target Hardware Other Information
a unlimited_elements unlimited_elements_for_elementor / / / / / wordpress / /

References

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/unlimited-elements-for-elementor/tags/2.0.6/inc_php/unitecreator_helper.class.php#L643
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/unlimited-elements-for-elementor/tags/2.0.6/inc_php/unitecreator_helper.class.php#L667
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/unlimited-elements-for-elementor/tags/2.0.6/inc_php/unitecreator_operations.class.php#L710
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/unlimited-elements-for-elementor/tags/2.0.6/provider/provider_helper.class.php#L597
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/unlimited-elements-for-elementor/tags/2.0.6/provider/provider_helper.class.php#L607
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/unlimited-elements-for-elementor/trunk/inc_php/unitecreator_helper.class.php#L643
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/unlimited-elements-for-elementor/trunk/inc_php/unitecreator_helper.class.php#L667
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/unlimited-elements-for-elementor/trunk/inc_php/unitecreator_operations.class.php#L710
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/unlimited-elements-for-elementor/trunk/provider/provider_helper.class.php#L597
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/unlimited-elements-for-elementor/trunk/provider/provider_helper.class.php#L607
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3504458%40unlimited-elements-for-elementor&new=3504458%40unlimited-elements-for-elementor&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/9e7e3763-4606-4fc4-aa0f-b67e6087bdc2?source=cve

Tags

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CWE-22
2026-04-17
CVE-2026-4659

CVSS Score

7.5 / 10

CVSS Data - 3.1

  • Attack Vector: NETWORK
  • Attack Complexity: LOW
  • Privileges Required: NONE
  • Scope: UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact: HIGH
  • Integrity Impact: NONE
  • Availability Impact: NONE

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

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Timeline

Published: April 17, 2026, 7:16 a.m.
Last Modified: April 17, 2026, 7:16 a.m.

Status : Received

CVE has been recently published to the CVE List and has been received by the NVD.

More info

Source

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