CVE-2025-8081
Published: 12 August 2025
Summary
CVE-2025-8081 is a medium-severity Path Traversal (CWE-22) vulnerability in Elementor Website Builder. Its CVSS base score is 4.9 (Medium).
Operationally, ranked in the top 32.1% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2025-24220
Vulnerability details
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…
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access and above, to read the contents of arbitrary files on the server, which can contain sensitive information.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
Likely Mitigating Controls AI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
Validates pathnames and filenames to prevent traversal outside intended directories.