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CVE-2026-85015: Unlimited Elements For Elementor < 2.0.21 - Authenticated Arbitrary File Write via Path Traversal
- Severity: medium (CVSS 6.6 v3.1)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: none known
- Published: 2026-10-03 · updated 2026-10-06
- Weakness: CWE-22
Description
The Unlimited Elements for Elementor WordPress plugin before 2.0.21 does not sanitise file paths inside uploaded archives before extracting them, allowing authenticated users with access to its asset-management feature (Administrators by default, or Editors when a non-default Unlimited Elements for Elementor WordPress plugin before 2.0.21 setting is enabled) to write arbitrary files, including executable PHP, outside the intended upload directory on servers where the PHP zip extension is unavailable, leading to Remote Code Execution.
Affected products
- Unlimited Elements for Elementor: before 2.0.21 — fixed in 2.0.21
How to fix
Upgrade to a fixed version: Unlimited Elements for Elementor 2.0.21. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.
References
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