PDF Generator Addon for Elementor Page Builder <= 2.0.0 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Download
Strategic Overview
- Status
- Patched in 2.0.1
- Affected Plugin
- PDF Generator for WordPress Elementor
- Affected Version
<= 2.0.0- CVSS
- 7.5High
- Weakness type
- CWE-22 · Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
- CVE
CVE-2024-9935
At a glance
CVE-2024-9935 is a high-severity Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability in the PDF Generator for WordPress Elementor WordPress plugin, affecting versions <= 2.0.0. It carries a CVSS score of 7.5 (reachable over the network; low attack complexity; high confidentiality impact). Exploitation requires no authentication. The issue is fixed in version 2.0.1; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed November 2024, reported by stealthcopter.
Vulnerability Overview
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.
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. A successful exploit has high impact on confidentiality.
CWE-22: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
PDF Generator for WordPress Elementor <= 2.0.0 carries this weakness at rtw_pgaepb_dwnld_pdf(), 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 PDF Generator for WordPress Elementor the fix is 2.0.1: builds <= 2.0.0 are affected, anything from 2.0.1 onward is not.
Remediation
Update to version 2.0.1, 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: PDF Generator for WordPress Elementor 2.0.1 closes this, and updating the plugin is the step that ends it.
- Firewall
- Login Security
- Alerts
External References
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