# CVE-2024-43996: WordPress ElementsKit Pro plugin <= 3.6.0 - Local File Inclusion vulnerability

> An attacker can exploit a path traversal flaw in ElementsKit Pro to include arbitrary local files, potentially leading to data disclosure or code execution.

- **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:** 23 Sep 2024
- **Updated:** 28 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-hm9q-792g-5c86

## What is CVE-2024-43996?

CVE-2024-43996 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in ElementsKit Pro, published on 23 Sep 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 ElementsKit ElementsKit Pro allows PHP Local File Inclusion.This issue affects ElementsKit Pro: from n/a through 3.6.0.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-43996?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Wpmet Elementskit.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-43996?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-43996 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-43996 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-43996 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in ElementsKit Pro

- [CVE-2024-3500](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-3500/): Path traversal in ElementsKit Pro (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2024-4404](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-4404/): ElementsKit PRO <= 3.6.1 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Server-Side Request Forgery (high 8.5)
- [CVE-2025-0321](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-0321/): ElementsKit Pro <= 3.7.8 - Authenticated (Contributor+) DOM-Based Stored Cross-Site Scripting via url Parameter (medium 6.4)
- [CVE-2024-7064](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-7064/): ElementsKit Pro <= 3.6.5 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting (medium 6.4)
- [CVE-2024-5263](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-5263/): Cross-site scripting in ElementsKit Pro (medium 6.4)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-43996 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-43996 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in ElementsKit Pro, published on 23 Sep 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-2024-43996 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: ElementsKit 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-2024-43996/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-43996/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-43996
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-43996
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-43996

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Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.