---
id: "CVE-2026-124218"
page: "https://infrastack.ai/live/CVE-2026-124218"
kind: "vulnerability"
aliases: ["CVE-2026-124218"]
title: "WordPress Elementor upload plugin lets anonymous visitors delete server files"
severity: "high"
cvss: 8.2
epss: null
exploited: false
status: "open"
category: "other"
products: []
ecosystems: []
tags: ["elementor", "other", "self-hosted", "wordpress"]
not_affected_if: ["plugin-not-installed", "yeepdf-not-save-disabled"]
published_at: "2026-11-13T10:17:27+00:00"
first_seen_at: "2026-11-13T10:47:11+00:00"
updated_at: "2026-11-13T10:52:23+00:00"
sources: [{"source": "nvd", "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-124218", "first_seen_at": "2026-11-13T10:47:11+00:00"}]
exploit_sources: []
---

# WordPress Elementor upload plugin lets anonymous visitors delete server files

Link for people: https://infrastack.ai/live/CVE-2026-124218 (this .md is for agents)

The Drag and Drop File Upload for Elementor Forms WordPress plugin fails to validate file paths in its remove_files function, through version 1.6.2. An unauthenticated attacker can delete arbitrary files on the server, and deleting wp-config.php can lead to remote code execution.

_Summary, check and fix written by a model from the sources; labelled as such._

## How to check

- Check the installed version of the Drag and Drop File Upload for Elementor Forms plugin in the WordPress admin plugin list, or `wp plugin get <plugin-slug> --field=version` with WP-CLI.
- Check whether the "yeepdf_not_save" privacy option is enabled in the plugin's settings.

## Fix

- Move the plugin to a version newer than `1.6.2`; the sources do not name the fixed version.

## Timeline

- 2026-11-13T10:47:11+00:00 nvd https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-124218

## From the sources

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.

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