# CVE-2024-33568: WordPress Element Pack Pro plugin < 7.19.3 - Arbitrary File Read and Phar Deserialization vulnerability

> Attackers can exploit path traversal and unsafe deserialization in Element Pack Pro to read arbitrary files and execute code.

- **Severity:** High 8.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **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:** 4 Jun 2024
- **Updated:** 28 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-hf8f-vq3m-wfg2

## What is CVE-2024-33568?

CVE-2024-33568 is a high-severity unsafe deserialization vulnerability in BdThemes Element Pack Pro, published on 4 Jun 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'), Deserialization of Untrusted Data vulnerability in BdThemes Element Pack Pro allows Path Traversal, Object Injection.This issue affects Element Pack Pro: from n/a before 7.19.3.

Weakness: CWE-502 (Deserialization of Untrusted Data), CWE-22 (Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-33568?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Bdthemes Element Pack.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-33568?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-33568 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-33568 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-33568 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in BdThemes Element Pack Pro

- [CVE-2024-30496](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-30496/): WordPress Element Pack Lite plugin <= 5.5.3 - SQL Injection vulnerability (high 8.5)
- [CVE-2024-9657](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-9657/): Cross-site scripting in Element Pack – Widgets, Templates & Addons for Elementor (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2024-47392](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-47392/): WordPress Element Pack Elementor Addons plugin <= 5.7.5 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2024-4359](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-4359/): Path traversal in Element Pack – Widgets, Templates & Addons for Elementor (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2024-39667](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-39667/): WordPress Element Pack Elementor Addons plugin <= 5.6.11 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability (medium 6.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-33568 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-33568 is a high-severity unsafe deserialization vulnerability in BdThemes Element Pack Pro, published on 4 Jun 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-2024-33568 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: BdThemes Element Pack Pro. 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-2024-33568/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-33568/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-33568
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-33568
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-33568

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-33568/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.