Elementor Website Builder <= 2.7.4 - Arbitrary File Upload

8.8
Missing Authorization
CVE CVE-2020-7055
CVSS 8.8 (High)
Publicly Published October 28, 2019
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researchers Sam Thomas
Kyle Fleming

Description

The Elementor Website Builder plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file upload by subscriber level users and above due to missing authorization on the Import Templates function, which makes it possible for attackers to gain remote code execution. This affects versions up to 2.7.5.

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Vulnerability Details for Elementor Website Builder – More than Just a Page Builder

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug elementor (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Remediation Update to version 2.7.5, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • < 2.7.5
Patched Version
  • 2.7.5

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