Drag and Drop File Upload for Elementor Forms <= 1.4.3 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Deletion
Strategic Overview
- Status
- Patched in 1.5.0
- Affected Plugin
- Drag and Drop File Upload for Elementor Forms
- Affected Version
<= 1.4.3- CVSS
- 5.3Medium
- Weakness type
- CWE-22 · Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
- CVE
CVE-2025-47492
At a glance
CVE-2025-47492 is a medium-severity Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability in the Drag and Drop File Upload for Elementor Forms WordPress plugin, affecting versions <= 1.4.3. It carries a CVSS score of 5.3 (reachable over the network; low attack complexity). Exploitation requires no authentication. The issue is fixed in version 1.5.0; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed May 2025, reported by 0xd4rk5id3.
Vulnerability Overview
The Drag and Drop File Upload for Elementor Forms plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file deletion due to insufficient file path validation in the elementor_file_upload_remove() function in all versions up to, and including, 1.4.3. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to delete arbitrary files on the server, which can easily lead to remote code execution when the right file is deleted (such as wp-config.php).
Technical Analysis
The vector marks this flaw as remotely reachable over the network, with low attack complexity — no special timing or configuration is needed, and no privileges on the target site, and no interaction from a victim user.
CWE-22: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
Drag and Drop File Upload for Elementor Forms <= 1.4.3 carries this weakness at elementor_file_upload_remove(), and reaching it takes no account at all. Path traversal happens when user-controlled text is used to build a filesystem path without being constrained to an intended directory, so sequences like ../ walk the resolved path somewhere else.
Depending on the operation, it means reading files outside the intended folder — wp-config.php being the usual target — or writing to and deleting paths the web server can touch. For Drag and Drop File Upload for Elementor Forms the fix is 1.5.0: builds <= 1.4.3 are affected, anything from 1.5.0 onward is not.
Remediation
Update to version 1.5.0, or a newer patched version
How does WordSec protect against this?
Requests carrying this pattern arrive without a session, so nothing upstream of the firewall gets a chance to reject them: WordSec's web application firewall inspects request payloads before WordPress loads them. None of that substitutes for the fix: Drag and Drop File Upload for Elementor Forms 1.5.0 closes this, and updating the plugin is the step that ends it.
- Firewall
- Login Security
- Alerts
External References
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