# CVE-2024-37547: WordPress Elementor Addons by Livemesh plugin <= 8.4.0 - Local File Inclusion vulnerability

> An attacker can read arbitrary files on the server via path traversal in the Livemesh Addons for Elementor WordPress plugin.

- **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:** 6 Jul 2024
- **Updated:** 28 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-245c-fpfx-q2mm

## What is CVE-2024-37547?

CVE-2024-37547 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Livemesh Addons for Elementor, published on 6 Jul 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 Livemesh Livemesh Addons for Elementor.This issue affects Livemesh Addons for Elementor: from n/a through 8.4.0.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-37547?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Livemesh Elementor Addons.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-37547?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-37547 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-37547 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-37547 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Livemesh Addons for Elementor

- [CVE-2024-0448](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-0448/): Elementor Addons by Livemesh <= 8.3.1 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting (medium 6.4)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-37547 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-37547 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Livemesh Addons for Elementor, published on 6 Jul 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-2024-37547 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Livemesh Addons for Elementor. 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-2024-37547/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-37547/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-37547
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-37547
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-37547

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-37547/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.