# CVE-2024-37089: WordPress Consulting Elementor Widgets plugin <= 1.3.0 - Unauthenticated Local File Inclusion vulnerability

> Unauthenticated attackers can exploit a path traversal flaw to include arbitrary local files, potentially leading to code execution.

- **Severity:** Critical 9.0 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 24 Jun 2024
- **Updated:** 28 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-c99m-hj8j-vpx5

## What is CVE-2024-37089?

CVE-2024-37089 is a critical path traversal vulnerability in StylemixThemes Consulting Elementor Widgets, published on 24 Jun 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability in StylemixThemes Consulting Elementor Widgets allows PHP Local File Inclusion.This issue affects Consulting Elementor Widgets: from n/a through 1.3.0.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-37089?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Stylemixthemes Consulting Elementor Widgets.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-37089?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-37089 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-37089 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-37089 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in StylemixThemes Consulting Elementor Widgets

- [CVE-2024-37091](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-37091/): WordPress Consulting Elementor Widgets plugin <= 1.3.0 - Remote Code Execution (RCE) vulnerability (critical 9.9)
- [CVE-2024-37090](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-37090/): SQL Injection vulnerability in multiple StylemixThemes premium themes (high 8.5)
- [CVE-2024-37092](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-37092/): WordPress Consulting Elementor Widgets plugin <= 1.3.0 - Local File Inclusion vulnerability (high 8.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-37089 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-37089 is a critical path traversal vulnerability in StylemixThemes Consulting Elementor Widgets, published on 24 Jun 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-37089 exists.

Affected product: StylemixThemes Consulting Elementor Widgets. 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-2024-37089/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-37089/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-37089
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-37089
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-37089

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-37089/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.