Elementor Unlimited Elements for Elementor Plugin up to 2.0.20 on WordPress Asset Management path traversal

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A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Elementor Unlimited Elements for Elementor Plugin up to 2.0.20. This affects an unknown part of the component Asset Management. Such manipulation leads to path traversal. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2026-85015. The attack may be launched remotely. There is no exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

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A vulnerability was found in Elementor Unlimited Elements for Elementor Plugin up to 2.0.20 and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown function of the component Asset Management. 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, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

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.

The advisory is available at wpscan.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2026-85015 since 09/02/2026. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. Additional levels of successful authentication are needed for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1006 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

Upgrading to version 2.0.21 eliminates this vulnerability.

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• WordPress Plugin

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• Elementor

Name

• Unlimited Elements for Elementor Plugin

Version

• 2.0.0
• 2.0.1
• 2.0.2
• 2.0.3
• 2.0.4
• 2.0.5
• 2.0.6
• 2.0.7
• 2.0.8
• 2.0.9
• 2.0.10
• 2.0.11
• 2.0.12
• 2.0.13
• 2.0.14
• 2.0.15
• 2.0.16
• 2.0.17
• 2.0.18
• 2.0.19
• 2.0.20

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