Critical severity · published May 17, 2024
CVE-2023-47178
WordPress The Plus Addons for Elementor Pro plugin <= 5.2.8 - Unauthenticated Local File Inclusion vulnerability
9.8
CVSS
0.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability in POSIMYTH Innovation The Plus Addons for Elementor Pro allows PHP Local File Inclusion.This issue affects The Plus Addons for Elementor Pro: from n/a through 5.2.8.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.6% · higher than 47% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
TP
The Plus Addons for Elementor Pro · POSIMYTH Innovation
through 5.2.8 · source: vendor, CISA
TP
The Plus Addons For Elementor · Posimyth
before 5.2.9 · source: NVD
Affected product
TP
The Plus Addons for Elementor Pro
POSIMYTH Innovation
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-47178
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-47178
Third Party Advisory
https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/theplus_elementor_addon/wordpress-the-plus-addons-for-elementor-pro-plugin-5-2-8-unauthenticated-local-file-inclusion-vulnerability?_s_id=cve
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