🛡️ CVE-2025-8081 — website-builder

🟡 CVSS 4.9 — Medium ✅ No Known Exploit CWE-22 NVD
4.9
CVSS Score
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Description

The Elementor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Arbitrary File Read in all versions up to, and including, 3.30.2 via the Import_Images::import() function due to insufficient controls on the filename specified. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with administrator-level access and above, to read the contents of arbitrary files on the server, which can contain sensitive information.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs administrative privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality high, integrity none, availability none.

Weakness class

CVE-2025-8081 is classified as CWE-22: Path Traversal. A file path built from user input is not confined to the intended directory, letting an attacker reach files elsewhere on the filesystem.

Affected software

CVE-2025-8081 is recorded against 1 package.

  • website-builder (fixed in 3.30.3)

Timeline and source

Published on 12 August 2025 and last revised on 17 June 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. A vendor advisory or fix has been published. Record sourced from NVD.

References

github.com
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
www.wordfence.com

Details

Severity MEDIUM
CVSS Score 4.9
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CWE CWE-22
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source NVD
Published 2025-08-12
Updated 2026-08-11
Modified 2026-06-17

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
website-builder — 3.30.3

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