CVE-2026-4659 | unitecms Unlimited Elements for Elementor Plugin up to 2.0.6 on WordPress Setting URLtoRelative/URLToPath URL path traversal

VDB-358031 · CVE-2026-4659 · GCVE-0-2026-4659 UNITECMS UNLIMITED ELEMENTS FOR ELEMENTOR PLUGIN UP TO 2.0.6 ON WORDPRESS SETTING URLTORELATIVE/URLTOPATH URL PATH TRAVERSAL HISTORYDIFFRELATEJSONXMLCTI CVSS Meta Temp Score Current Exploit Price (≈) CTI Interest Score 5.8 $0-$5k 1.45+ Summaryinfo A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in unitecms Unlimited Elements for Elementor Plugin up to 2.0.6 on WordPress. This vulnerability affects the function URLtoRelative/URLToPath of the component Setting Handler. The manipulation of the argument URL leads to path traversal. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2026-4659. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available. Detailsinfo A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in unitecms Unlimited Elements for Elementor Plugin up to 2.0.6 on WordPress. This issue affects the function URLtoRelative/URLToPath of the component Setting Handler. The manipulation of the argument URL with an unknown input leads to a path traversal vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-22. The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory. Impacted is confidentiality. The summary by CVE is: The Unlimited Elements for Elementor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Arbitrary File Read via the Repeater JSON/CSV URL parameter in versions up to, and including, 2.0.6. This is due to insufficient path traversal sanitization in the URLtoRelative() and urlToPath() functions, combined with the ability to enable debug output in widget settings. The URLtoRelative() function only performs a simple string replacement to remove the site's base URL without sanitizing path traversal sequences (../), and the cleanPath() function only normalizes directory separators without removing traversal components. This allows an attacker to provide a URL like http://site.com/../../../../etc/passwd which, after URLtoRelative() strips the domain, results in /../../../../etc/passwd being concatenated with the base path and ultimately resolved to /etc/passwd. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with Author-level access and above to read arbitrary local files from the WordPress host, including sensitive files such as wp-config. The weakness was released by Dmitrii Ignatyev. It is possible to read the advisory at wordfence.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2026-4659 since 03/23/2026. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 04/17/2026). The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1006 according to MITRE ATT&CK. There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product. Productinfo Type WordPress Plugin Vendor unitecms Name Unlimited Elements for Elementor Plugin Version 2.0.0 2.0.1 2.0.2 2.0.3 2.0.4 2.0.5 2.0.6 CPE 2.3info 🔒 🔒 🔒 CPE 2.2info 🔒 🔒 🔒 CVSSv4info VulDB Vector: 🔒 VulDB Reliability: 🔍 CVSSv3info VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.9 VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.8 VulDB Base Score: 4.3 VulDB Temp Score: 4.2 VulDB Vector: 🔒 VulDB Reliability: 🔍 CNA Base Score: 7.5 CNA Vector (Wordfence): 🔒 CVSSv2info Vector Complexity Authentication Confidentiality Integrity Availability Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock VulDB Base Score: 🔒 VulDB Temp Score: 🔒 VulDB Reliability: 🔍 Exploitinginfo Class: Path traversal CWE: CWE-22 CAPEC: 🔒 ATT&CK: 🔒 Physical: No Local: No Remote: Yes Availability: 🔒 Status: Not defined Price Prediction: 🔍 Current Price Estimation: 🔒 0-Day Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Today Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Threat Intelligenceinfo Interest: 🔍 Active Actors: 🔍 Active APT Groups: 🔍 Countermeasuresinfo Recommended: no mitigation known Status: 🔍 0-Day Time: 🔒 Timelineinfo 03/23/2026 CVE reserved 04/17/2026 +24 days Advisory disclosed 04/17/2026 +0 days VulDB entry created 04/17/2026 +0 days VulDB entry last update Sourcesinfo Advisory: wordfence.com Researcher: Dmitrii Ignatyev Status: Not defined CVE: CVE-2026-4659 (🔒) GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-4659 GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-358031 Entryinfo Created: 04/17/2026 09:07 Changes: 04/17/2026 09:07 (67) Complete: 🔍 Cache ID: 99:A22:101 Discussion No comments yet. Languages: en. Please log in to comment. ◂ PreviousOverviewNext ▸