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CVE-2024-5153: Startklar Elementor Addons <= 1.7.15 - Unauthenticated Path Traversal to Arbitrary Directory Deletion

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2024-06-06 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-22

Description

The Startklar Elementor Addons plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Directory Traversal in all versions up to, and including, 1.7.15 via the 'dropzone_hash' parameter. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to copy the contents of arbitrary files on the server, which can contain sensitive information, and to delete arbitrary directories, including the root WordPress directory.

Affected products

• wshberlin Startklar Elementor Addons: through 1.7.15

References

• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/startklar-elmentor-forms-extwidgets/trunk/widgets/dropzone_form_field.php#L334
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/baa20290-9c01-4f8d-adeb-fbfb15b9d6a9?source=cve
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/startklar-elmentor-forms-extwidgets/trunk/widgets/dropzone_form_field.php#L334
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/baa20290-9c01-4f8d-adeb-fbfb15b9d6a9?source=cve

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