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.
CVE-2026-15338
Score 7.5 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2026-07-11. a secondary CVSS source baseline 7.5; sources differ by 0.0.
- High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.
- CVSS v3
- 7.5
- EG Score
- 7.5(high)
- EPSS
- 24.3%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
July 11, 2026
Last Modified
July 11, 2026
References (7)
- security@wordfencehttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/lastudio-element-kit/tags/1.6.1/includes/addons/progress-bar.php#L866
- security@wordfencehttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/lastudio-element-kit/tags/1.6.1/includes/addons/progress-bar.php#L869
- security@wordfencehttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/lastudio-element-kit/tags/1.6.1/lastudio-element-kit.php#L430
- security@wordfencehttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/lastudio-element-kit/tags/1.6.1/templates/progress-bar/global/index.php#L20
- security@wordfencehttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/lastudio-element-kit/tags/1.6.1/templates/progress-bar/global/index.php#L6
- security@wordfencehttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?reponame=&old=3602507%40lastudio-element-kit&new=3602507%40lastudio-element-kit
- security@wordfencehttps://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/c4c3f136-fa26-4813-9e69-f94eba9e4df7?source=cve
Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-15338(1)
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Weakness Classification(1)
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Data Freshness Timeline
(refreshed 7× in last 7d / 7× in last 30d)
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- 2026-07-12 05:48 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-07-12 05:48 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-07-12 05:46 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-11 16:39 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-07-11 16:39 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-07-11 03:28 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-07-11 03:27 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked
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