Drag and Drop File Upload for Elementor Forms <= 1.6.2 — Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Deletion via 'form_fields[upload]' Parameter
CVE-2026-124218Published · Updated Action summary
Affected: ≤1.6.2Update to 1.6.3 or newer
All remediation steps- Severity
- High8.2
- CVSS
- 8.2CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:LWhat does this vector mean?
AV:NAttack vector- Network
AC:LAttack complexity- Low
PR:NPrivileges required- None
UI:NUser interaction- None
S:UScope- Unchanged
C:NConfidentiality- None
I:HIntegrity- High
A:LAvailability- Low
- Weakness
- CWE-22 Path Traversal
- Required access
- No account needed
- Exploit prediction (EPSS)
- No score
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
On this page8
Am I affected?
Drag and Drop File Upload for Elementor Forms drag-and-drop-file-upload-for-elementor-forms
- Affected≤ 1.6.2
- Patched in1.6.3
Update to 1.6.3 or newer.
You are affected if you run ≤ 1.6.2. Version 1.6.3 and later are not affected by this issue.
- Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under Drag and Drop File Upload for Elementor Forms.
- No admin access? Run a passive check of your site. It reads public files only.
- No account is needed to exploit this. Treat any exposed site on an affected version as at risk.
What to do
- Update to version 1.6.3, or a newer patched version
- Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
- Watch Drag and Drop File Upload for Elementor Forms to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.
Advisory
Source description from Wordfence Intelligence, credited to nh4tvd.
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 remove_files function in all versions up to, and including, 1.6.2 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). This vulnerability is reachable when the "yeepdf_not_save" privacy option is enabled, a commonly used production setting that triggers the remove_files() cleanup path.
Exploits & references
Proof-of-concept & detection
No public proof-of-concept or detection template is known for this vulnerability.
Advisories & patches
- Advisorywordfence.com
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Timeline
CVE published
Severity high, CVSS 8.2
Record last updated
Sources & licenses
Wordfence record- Vulnerability data
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- CVSS / CWE
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