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CVE-2025-8081: Elementor <= 3.30.2 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Arbitrary File Read via Image Import

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Monitor (action score 19/100)

Public proof-of-concept code exists (GitHub); there is no record of exploitation in the wild.
Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.54% (FIRST EPSS).
Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it. Administrator privileges are required. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
No fixed version is recorded, but the references include a patch (commit or PR) link.

Low priority for now. See the fix and affected versions sections below.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS

The Elementor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Arbitrary File Read in all versions up to, and including, 3.30.2 via the Import_Images::import() function due to insufficient controls on the filename specified. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with administrator-level access and above, to read the contents of arbitrary files on the server, which can contain sensitive information.

MediumCVSS 4.9 · v3.1—Proof of concept No fix recorded

Path traversal

Published: Aug 12, 2025
Updated: Jun 17, 2026
EPSS: 0.5% · 45th percentile
CWE: CWE-22

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Action score

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS: 19 / 40 · 4.9 / 10
CISA KEV: 0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS: 0 / 30 · 0.5%

CISA SSVC decision

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: partial

Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.

CNA vs NVD score

NVD: —
CNA · Wordfence: 4.9; NVD has not scored this yet; the score shown is the CNA’s.

The score given by the assigning authority versus NVD’s independent score. A gap means the severity is contested.

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Vendor	Product	CPE
elementor	website builder	cpe:2.3:a:elementor:website_builder

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

elementor website builderbefore 3.30.3

Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (Wordfence). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

elemntor Elementor Website Builder – more than just a page builder
- up to and including 3.30.2affected · semver

Same product

elementor: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

CVE-2022-1329Elementor Website Builder 3.6.0 - 3.6.2 - Missing Authorization to Remote Code Execution
63This week
CVE-2020-7109The Elementor Page Builder plugin before 2.8.4 for WordPress does not sanitize data during creation of a new template.
40Plan
CVE-2023-47504WordPress Elementor plugin <= 3.16.4 - Auth. Arbitrary Attachment Read vulnerability
39Monitor

Published before and after this one in the same product

← EarlierCVE-2024-13445Feb 20, 2025 · Elementor Website Builder – More Than Just a Page Builder <= 3.27.4 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
21Monitor
← EarlierCVE-2024-54444Feb 25, 2025 · WordPress Elementor plugin <= 3.25.10 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability
21Monitor
← EarlierCVE-2025-3075Jul 29, 2025 · Elementor <= 3.29.0 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
21Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.

Exploit status

Proof of concept available

A public proof of concept or detection signature exists. Exploit knowledge is out there; don't delay patching.

Evidence

Proof-of-concept repository on GitHub ×1

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Public exploit evidence
Source	Kind	Date
Proof-of-concept repository on GitHub	stars:0	2025-10-17

Research context

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Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

PublishedAug 12, 2025
First PoCOct 17, 2025+66 d
TodayNov 2, 2026+448 d

No history yet (it accumulates with the daily EPSS job).

Patch and commit links

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Credits

All researchers

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Michael Mazzolinifinder

Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

CVE-2024-24934452 days apartWordPress Elementor plugin <= 3.19.0 - Arbitrary File Deletion and Phar Deserialization vulnerability
32Monitor

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

Elementor: Bug Bounty ProgramBugcrowd · paid · up to $4,000

The product’s vendor appears in a public program. Matched by name; verify the scope text in the program.

Technical details

Attack conditions

Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
Administrator privileges are required.
No user action is required.
No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality: high · data can be read
Integrity: none
Availability: none

Attack vector: Network
Attack complexity: Low
Privileges required: High
User interaction: None
Scope: Unchanged
Confidentiality impact: High
Integrity impact: None
Availability impact: None

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-22 · Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

CVSS vector

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

nvd-secondary

Root cause

A user-supplied file name is joined with the allowed directory, but the result is never checked to confirm it is still inside that directory.

The bug in code

The whole CWE-22 class

A representative example of this vulnerability class. Not the vendor's source code; it shows the faulty pattern and its fix.

Vulnerable

1const file = path.join(ROOT, req.query.name);
2res.sendFile(file);

Fixed

1const file = path.resolve(ROOT, req.query.name);
2if (!file.startsWith(ROOT + path.sep)) {
3  return res.sendStatus(400);
4}
5res.sendFile(file);

Attack context

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Attack patterns (CAPEC)

ATT&CK techniques

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Change log

No changes recorded on tracked fields yet. Score, KEV, exploit maturity and fix status changes appear here.

References

github.com/elementor/elementor/commit/6af3551ee4213fb4003338743e22f41aa2a09c01

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