# CVE-2025-8081: Elementor <= 3.30.2 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Arbitrary File Read via Image Import

> Authenticated administrators can read arbitrary files on the server via the Elementor plugin's image import function.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.9 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 12 Aug 2025
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-4f9c-3v6f-46qp

## What is CVE-2025-8081?

CVE-2025-8081 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in elemntor Elementor Website Builder – more than just a page builder, published on 12 Aug 2025. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The Elementor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Arbitrary File Read in all versions up to, and including, 3.30.2 via the Import_Images::import() function due to insufficient controls on the filename specified. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with administrator-level access and above, to read the contents of arbitrary files on the server, which can contain sensitive information.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-8081?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Elementor Website Builder.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-8081?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-8081 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-8081 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-8081 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Public exploit code:

- PoC for CVE-2025-8081 - Elementor Arbitrary File Read Vulnerability (github_poc): https://github.com/LyesH4ck/CVE-2025-8081-Elementor

## Other vulnerabilities in elemntor Elementor Website Builder – more than just a page builder

- [CVE-2023-48777](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-48777/): WordPress Elementor plugin 3.3.0-3.18.1 - Arbitrary File Upload vulnerability (critical 9.9)
- [CVE-2020-7109](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-7109/): Cross-site scripting in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2022-1329](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-1329/): Elementor Website Builder 3.6.0 - 3.6.2 - Missing Authorization to Remote Code Execution (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2024-24934](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-24934/): WordPress Elementor plugin <= 3.19.0 - Arbitrary File Deletion and Phar Deserialization vulnerability (high 8.5)
- [CVE-2023-0329](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-0329/): Elementor Website Builder < 3.12.2 - Admin+ SQLi (high 7.2)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-8081 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-8081 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in elemntor Elementor Website Builder – more than just a page builder, published on 12 Aug 2025. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-8081 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: elemntor Elementor Website Builder – more than just a page builder. 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-2025-8081/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-8081/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-8081
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-8081
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-8081

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-8081/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.