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CVE-2024-2491: PowerPack Addons for Elementor <= 2.7.17 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via *_html_tag*

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.4 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2024-03-30 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-79

Description

The PowerPack Addons for Elementor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the *_html_tag* attribute of multiple widgets in all versions up to, and including, 2.7.17 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

Affected products

• ideaboxcreations PowerPack Addons for Elementor (Free Widgets, Extensions and Templates): before 2.7.18 — fixed in 2.7.18

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: ideaboxcreations PowerPack Addons for Elementor (Free Widgets, Extensions and Templates) 2.7.18. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3053463/powerpack-lite-for-elementor
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/22c4b981-6135-4c44-aa68-f0d51704a68c?source=cve
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3053463/powerpack-lite-for-elementor
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/22c4b981-6135-4c44-aa68-f0d51704a68c?source=cve

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