# CVE-2023-51401: WordPress Ultimate Addons for Beaver Builder Premium plugin <= 1.35.13 - Limited Arbitrary File Download vulnerability

> Attackers can exploit a path traversal flaw in the Ultimate Addons for Beaver Builder plugin to download arbitrary files from the server.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/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:** 17 May 2024
- **Updated:** 28 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-jgvf-4vq4-6744

## What is CVE-2023-51401?

CVE-2023-51401 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Brainstorm Force Ultimate Addons for Beaver Builder, published on 17 May 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability in Brainstorm Force Ultimate Addons for Beaver Builder allows Relative Path Traversal.This issue affects Ultimate Addons for Beaver Builder: from n/a through 1.35.13.

Weakness: CWE-22 (Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-51401?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Brainstormforce Ultimate Addons for Beaver Builder.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-51401?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-51401 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-51401 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-51401 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Brainstorm Force Ultimate Addons for Beaver Builder

- [CVE-2023-51398](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-51398/): WordPress Ultimate Addons for Beaver Builder Premium plugin <= 1.35.14 - Privilege Escalation vulnerability (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2024-43151](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-43151/): WordPress Ultimate Addons for Beaver Builder – Lite plugin <= 1.5.9 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2024-2140](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-2140/): Cross-site scripting in Ultimate Addons for Beaver Builder – Lite (medium 6.4)
- [CVE-2024-2141](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-2141/): Cross-site scripting in Ultimate Addons for Beaver Builder – Lite (medium 6.4)
- [CVE-2024-2142](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-2142/): Cross-site scripting in Ultimate Addons for Beaver Builder – Lite (medium 6.4)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-51401 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-51401 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Brainstorm Force Ultimate Addons for Beaver Builder, published on 17 May 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-51401 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Brainstorm Force Ultimate Addons for Beaver Builder. 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-2023-51401/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-51401/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-51401
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-51401
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-51401

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-51401/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.