What is CVE-2023-47178?

CVE-2023-47178 is a high-severity vulnerability in Posimyth The Plus Addons For Elementor, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 8.6/10. Published 2024-05-17.

How severe is CVE-2023-47178?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.6 out of 10.

Is CVE-2023-47178 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Path Traversal in Posimyth The Plus Addons For Elementor

CVE-2023-47178

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability in POSIMYTH Innovation The Plus Addons for Elementor Pro allows PHP Local File Inclusion.This issue affects The Plus Addons for Elementor Pro: from n/a through 5.2.8.

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

Published 2024-05-17 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.6 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.006 (44.8th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 45th percentile — 44.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.006 · newest: 0.006 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-22 — Path Traversal

Public proof-of-concept exploits

20142995/nuclei-templates

References

patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/theplus_elementor_addon/wordpress-the-plu… (Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-47178?: CVE-2023-47178 is a high-severity vulnerability in Posimyth The Plus Addons For Elementor, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 8.6/10. Published 2024-05-17.
How severe is CVE-2023-47178?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.6 out of 10.
Is CVE-2023-47178 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.