CVE-2026-15338
LA-Studio Element Kit for Elementor <= 1.6.1 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Local File Inclusion via 'progress_type' Widget Setting
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- Wordfence
Description
The LA-Studio Element Kit for Elementor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Local File Inclusion in all versions up to, and including, 1.6.1 via the get_type_template function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to include and execute arbitrary .php files on the server, allowing the execution of any PHP code in those files. This can be used to bypass access controls, obtain sensitive data, or achieve code execution in cases where .php file types can be uploaded and included. The wp_normalize_path function used in get_template only normalizes directory separators and does not resolve or reject path traversal sequences, while the extension check is trivially bypassed because the caller already appends the required extension to the traversal payload.
Timeline
ID reserved
By Wordfence
- 2 days later
· 2 days later
Published
- 3 days later
· 3 days later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| WordfenceCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | High7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Deferred | 3.1 | High7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.96% · top 38% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Weakness
Affected products
choijun · LA-Studio Element Kit for Elementor
- affected ≤ 1.6.1
References (7)
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/c4c3f136-fa26-4813-9e69-f94eba9e4df7?source=cve (opens in a new tab)
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/lastudio-element-kit/tags/1.6.1/includes/addons/progress-bar.php#L869 (opens in a new tab)
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/lastudio-element-kit/tags/1.6.1/lastudio-element-kit.php#L430 (opens in a new tab)
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/lastudio-element-kit/tags/1.6.1/includes/addons/progress-bar.php#L866 (opens in a new tab)
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/lastudio-element-kit/tags/1.6.1/templates/progress-bar/global/index.php#L6 (opens in a new tab)
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/lastudio-element-kit/tags/1.6.1/templates/progress-bar/global/index.php#L20 (opens in a new tab)
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?reponame=&old=3602507%40lastudio-element-kit&new=3602507%40lastudio-element-kit (opens in a new tab)
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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