CVE-2025-8081

Published: Aug 12, 2025Modified: Aug 15, 2025

4.9

Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Exploitability: 1.2 / Impact: 3.6

Source: security@wordfence.com (Secondary)

Description

The Elementor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Arbitrary File Read in all versions up to, and including, 3.30.2 via the Import_Images::import() function due to insufficient controls on the filename specified. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with administrator-level access and above, to read the contents of arbitrary files on the server, which can contain sensitive information.

Affected (1)

Products: Elementor: Website Builder

1 product

Website Builder

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Elementor Website Builder	Before 3.30.3

Related CWEs

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory.

References (4)

https://github.com/elementor/elementor/commit/6af3551ee4213fb4003338743e22f41aa2a09c01

Source: security@wordfence.com

Patch

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/elementor/tags/3.30.2/includes/template-library/classes/class-import-images.php#L111

Source: security@wordfence.com

Product

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3332233/elementor/trunk/includes/template-library/classes/class-import-images.php

Source: security@wordfence.com

Patch

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/13929b51-b32e-401c-a642-49f7cd2d07bf?source=cve

Source: security@wordfence.com

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