# CVE-2024-4359: Path traversal in Element Pack – Widgets, Templates & Addons for Elementor

> Authenticated contributors can read arbitrary server files via the SVG widget due to insufficient validation in the Element Pack Elementor Addons 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:** 9 Aug 2024
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-8vv9-x4pw-wwf3

## What is CVE-2024-4359?

CVE-2024-4359 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in bdthemes Element Pack – Widgets, Templates & Addons for Elementor, published on 9 Aug 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The Element Pack Elementor Addons (Header Footer, Template Library, Dynamic Grid & Carousel, Remote Arrows) plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file reads in all versions up to, and including, 5.7.2 via the SVG widget and a lack of sufficient file validation in the render_svg function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to read the contents of arbitrary files on the server, which can contain sensitive information.

Weakness: CWE-829 (Inclusion of Functionality from Untrusted Control Sphere), CWE-98 (Improper Control of Filename for Include/Require Statement in PHP Program)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-4359?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Bdthemes Element Pack.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-4359?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-4359 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-4359 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-4359 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in bdthemes Element Pack – Widgets, Templates & Addons for Elementor

- [CVE-2024-33568](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-33568/): WordPress Element Pack Pro plugin < 7.19.3 - Arbitrary File Read and Phar Deserialization vulnerability (high 8.5)
- [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-2024-39667](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-2024-4359 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-4359 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in bdthemes Element Pack – Widgets, Templates & Addons for Elementor, published on 9 Aug 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-2024-4359 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: bdthemes Element Pack – Widgets, Templates & 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-2024-4359/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-4359/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-4359
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-4359
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-4359

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-4359/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.