CVE-2026-4659: Unlimited Elements For Elementor <= 2.0.6 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Arbitrary File Read via Path Traversal in Repeater JSON/CSV URL with Path Traversal
Noroxi assessment
Priority: Monitor (action score 30/100)
- The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.90% (FIRST EPSS); higher than 59.7% of all records.
- Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it. No account or password is required. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
- According to CISA the attack is automatable: targets can be found by mass scanning.
- According to the record, no fixed version is available yet.
Low priority for now. Update when a fix is released; follow the vendor's advisory.
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 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.
- Published
- Apr 17, 2026
- Updated
- Jun 17, 2026
- EPSS
- 0.9% · 59th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-22
Report tools
Action score
30
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 30 / 40 · 7.5 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 0 / 30 · 0.9%
CISA SSVC decision
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- yes
- Technical impact
- partial
Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.
CNA vs NVD score
- NVD
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- CNA · Wordfence
- 7.5
- 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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Noroxi analysis
What does it mean in your environment?
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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.
unitecms Unlimited Elements For Elementor
- up to and including 2.0.6affected · semver
Same product
unitecms: all recordsOther highest-scoring records for the same primary product.
- CVE-2026-18561Unlimited Elements For Elementor <= 2.0.16 - Unauthenticated SQL Injection30Monitor
- CVE-2026-2724Unlimited Elements For Elementor <= 2.0.5 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Form Entry Fields28Monitor
- CVE-2026-5486Unlimited Elements For Elementor <= 2.0.7 - Authenticated (Contributor+) SQL Injection via 'filter_search' Parameter26Monitor
Published before and after this one in the same product
- ← EarlierCVE-2025-8603Aug 28, 2025 · Unlimited Elements For Elementor <= 1.5.148 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting25Monitor
- ← EarlierCVE-2025-14274Feb 3, 2026 · Unlimited Elements for Elementor <= 2.0.1 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Border Hero Widget21Monitor
- Later →CVE-2026-75586Sep 5, 2026 · Unlimited Elements For Elementor <= 2.0.17 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via 'formData[id]' Parameter24Monitor
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
No known public exploit
No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.
Research context
For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.
Timeline
From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.
No dated events beyond publication.
No history yet (it accumulates with the daily EPSS job).
Patch and commit links
Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.
No commit or PR link among the references.
Credits
All researchersFinders, reporters and analysts named in the CNA record. Click a name for that researcher’s other records.
- Dmitrii Ignatyevfinder
Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
No nightly-computed relations.
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
No known public program.
Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).
Technical details
Attack conditions
- Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
- No account or password is 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
- None
- 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:N/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 classA representative example of this vulnerability class. Not the vendor's source code; it shows the faulty pattern and its fix.
Vulnerable
const file = path.join(ROOT, req.query.name);
res.sendFile(file);Fixed
const file = path.resolve(ROOT, req.query.name);
if (!file.startsWith(ROOT + path.sep)) {
return res.sendStatus(400);
}
res.sendFile(file);Attack context
MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.
Attack patterns (CAPEC)
- Path TraversalCAPEC-126likelihood: High · Very High
- Using Slashes and URL Encoding Combined to Bypass Validation LogicCAPEC-64likelihood: High · High
- Manipulating Web Input to File System CallsCAPEC-76likelihood: High · Very High
- Using Escaped Slashes in Alternate EncodingCAPEC-78likelihood: High · High
- Using Slashes in Alternate EncodingCAPEC-79likelihood: High · High
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
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- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/unlimited-elements-for-elementor/tags/2.0.6/inc_php/unitecreator_helper.class.php#L667
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/unlimited-elements-for-elementor/tags/2.0.6/inc_php/unitecreator_operations.class.php#L710
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/unlimited-elements-for-elementor/tags/2.0.6/provider/provider_helper.class.php#L597
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/unlimited-elements-for-elementor/tags/2.0.6/provider/provider_helper.class.php#L607
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/unlimited-elements-for-elementor/trunk/inc_php/unitecreator_helper.class.php#L643
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/unlimited-elements-for-elementor/trunk/inc_php/unitecreator_helper.class.php#L667
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/unlimited-elements-for-elementor/trunk/inc_php/unitecreator_operations.class.php#L710
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/unlimited-elements-for-elementor/trunk/provider/provider_helper.class.php#L597
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/unlimited-elements-for-elementor/trunk/provider/provider_helper.class.php#L607
- 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=
- www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/9e7e3763-4606-4fc4-aa0f-b67e6087bdc2?source=cve
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.