CVE-2020-13126
An issue was discovered in the Elementor Pro plugin before 2.9.4 for WordPress, as exploited in...
An issue was discovered in the Elementor Pro plugin before 2.9.4 for WordPress, as exploited in the wild in May 2020 in conjunction with CVE-2020-13125. An attacker with the Subscriber role can upload arbitrary executable files to achieve remote code execution. NOTE: the free Elementor plugin is unaffected.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
An issue was discovered in the Elementor Pro plugin before 2.9.4 for WordPress, as exploited in the wild in May 2020 in conjunction with CVE-2020-13125. An attacker with the Subscriber role can upload arbitrary executable files to achieve remote code execution. NOTE: the free Elementor plugin is unaffected.
- Record
CVE-2020-13126- CVSS 3.0
- 9.9 Critical
CVSS:3.0/AC:L/AV:N/A:H/C:H/I:H/PR:L/S:C/UI:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2020-5402
An issue was discovered in the Elementor Pro plugin before 2.9.4 for WordPress, as exploited in the wild in May 2020 in conjunction with CVE-2020-13125. An attacker with the Subscriber role can upload arbitrary executable files to achieve remote code execution. NOTE: the free Elementor plugin is unaffected.
- Record
EUVD-2020-5402- CVSS 3.0
- 9.9 Critical
CVSS:3.0/AC:L/AV:N/A:H/C:H/I:H/PR:L/S:C/UI:N - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-q42j-4cv4-vf65 No score
An issue was discovered in the Elementor Pro plugin before 2.9.4 for WordPress, as exploited in...
An issue was discovered in the Elementor Pro plugin before 2.9.4 for WordPress, as exploited in the wild in May 2020 in conjunction with CVE-2020-13125. An attacker with the Subscriber role can upload arbitrary executable files to achieve remote code execution. NOTE: the free Elementor plugin is unaffected.
- Record
GHSA-q42j-4cv4-vf65- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
An issue was discovered in the Elementor Pro plugin before 2.9.4 for WordPress, as exploited in the wild in May 2020 in conjunction with CVE-2020-13125. An attacker with the Subscriber role can upload arbitrary executable files to achieve remote code execution. NOTE: the free Elementor plugin is unaffected.
- Record
CVE-2020-13126- CVSS 3.1
- 9.9 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 3.0
- 9.9 Critical
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 6.5 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-434
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2020-13126 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.9) in Elementor Page Builder, published May 17, 2020. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 8.57%, the 95th percentile. No source names a fixed version.