What is CVE-2026-85015?

CVE-2026-85015 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Unlimited Elements For Elementor, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 6.6/10. Published 2026-10-03.

How severe is CVE-2026-85015?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.6 out of 10.

Path Traversal in Unlimited Elements For Elementor

CVE-2026-85015

The Unlimited Elements for Elementor WordPress plugin before 2.0.21 does not sanitise file paths inside uploaded archives before extracting them, allowing authenticated users with access to its asset-management feature (Administrators by default, or Editors when a non-default Unlimited Elements for Elementor WordPress plugin before 2.0.21 setting is enabled) to write arbitrary files, including executable PHP, outside the intended upload directory on servers where the PHP zip extension is unavailable, leading to Remote Code Execution.

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

Published 2026-10-03 · last modified 2026-10-03.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.6 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

No EPSS score from FIRST.org yet. New CVEs usually get one within a few days; no score means no signal yet, not low risk. How EPSS works.

Affected products

Unlimited Elements For Elementor

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-22 — Path Traversal

References

wpscan.com/vulnerability/aefcaecf-024d-4ec7-9b67-69d21addea7b/ (technical-description, exploit, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-85015?: CVE-2026-85015 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Unlimited Elements For Elementor, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 6.6/10. Published 2026-10-03.
How severe is CVE-2026-85015?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.6 out of 10.