Element Pack Addons for Elementor Plugin up to 8.3.17 on WordPress SVG Widget render_svg path traversal

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A vulnerability described as critical has been identified in Element Pack Addons for Elementor Plugin up to 8.3.17 on WordPress. This affects the function render_svg of the component SVG Widget. Such manipulation leads to path traversal. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2026-1793. The attack can be executed remotely. There is not any exploit available.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Element Pack Addons for Elementor Plugin up to 8.3.17 on WordPress. Affected by this issue is the function render_svg of the component SVG Widget. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a path traversal vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-22. 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. Impacted is confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

The Element Pack Addons for Elementor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file reads in all versions up to, and including, 8.3.17 via the SVG widget and a lack of sufficient file validation in the 'render_svg' function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to read the contents of arbitrary files on the server, which can contain sensitive information.

The advisory is available at wordfence.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2026-1793. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 02/20/2026). This vulnerability is assigned to T1006 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2026-5833). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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• WordPress Plugin

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• Element Pack Addons for Elementor Plugin

Version

• 8.3.0
• 8.3.1
• 8.3.2
• 8.3.3
• 8.3.4
• 8.3.5
• 8.3.6
• 8.3.7
• 8.3.8
• 8.3.9
• 8.3.10
• 8.3.11
• 8.3.12
• 8.3.13
• 8.3.14
• 8.3.15
• 8.3.16
• 8.3.17

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