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CVE-2020-13126

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.9 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 8.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2020-05-17 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-434

Description

An issue was discovered in the Elementor Pro plugin before 2.9.4 for WordPress, as exploited in the wild in May 2020 in conjunction with CVE-2020-13125. An attacker with the Subscriber role can upload arbitrary executable files to achieve remote code execution. NOTE: the free Elementor plugin is unaffected.

Affected products

• Elementor Page Builder: before 2.9.4 — fixed in 2.9.4

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Elementor Page Builder 2.9.4. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/10214
• https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2020/05/combined-attack-on-elementor-pro-and-ultimate-addons-for-elementor-puts-1-million-sites-at-risk/
• https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/10214
• https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2020/05/combined-attack-on-elementor-pro-and-ultimate-addons-for-elementor-puts-1-million-sites-at-risk/

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