# CVE-2021-4332: Path traversal in The Plus Addons for Elementor – Addons for Elementor, Page Templates, Widgets, Mega Menu, WooCommerce

> Authenticated contributors can read arbitrary files on the WordPress installation due to lack of SVG validation in the Info Box feature.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 7 Mar 2023
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-f2r6-p94g-v5c4

## What is CVE-2021-4332?

CVE-2021-4332 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in posimyththemes The Plus Addons for Elementor – Addons for Elementor, Page Templates, Widgets, Mega Menu, WooCommerce, published on 7 Mar 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The Plus Addons for Elementor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file reads in versions up to, and including 4.1.9 (pro) and 2.0.6 (free). The plugin has a feature to add an "Info Box" to an Elementor created page. This Info Box can include an SVG image for the box. Unfortunately, the plugin used file_get_contents with no verification that the file being supplied was an SVG file, so any user with access to the Elementor page builder, such as contributors, could read arbitrary files on the WordPress installation.

Weakness: CWE-73 (External Control of File Name or Path)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-4332?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Posimyth the Plus Addons for Elementor.

## How do I fix CVE-2021-4332?

No fix has been published for CVE-2021-4332 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2021-4332 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-4332 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in posimyththemes The Plus Addons for Elementor – Addons for Elementor, Page Templates, Widgets, Mega Menu, WooCommerce

- [CVE-2021-24949](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-24949/): The Plus Addons for Elementor Pro < 5.0.7 - Unauthenticated SQL Injection (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2021-24175](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-24175/): The Plus Addons for Elementor Page Builder < 4.1.7 - Authentication Bypass (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2024-5455](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-5455/): Path traversal in The Plus Addons for Elementor Page Builder Pro (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2021-4331](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-4331/): Privilege escalation in The Plus Addons for Elementor Page Builder Pro (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2023-47178](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-47178/): WordPress The Plus Addons for Elementor Pro plugin <= 5.2.8 - Unauthenticated Local File Inclusion vulnerability (high 8.6)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2021-4332 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2021-4332 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in posimyththemes The Plus Addons for Elementor – Addons for Elementor, Page Templates, Widgets, Mega Menu, WooCommerce, published on 7 Mar 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-4332 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: posimyththemes The Plus Addons for Elementor – Addons for Elementor, Page Templates, Widgets, Mega Menu, WooCommerce. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-4332/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-4332/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-4332
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-4332
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-4332

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-4332/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.