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.
Published: 2024-03-30
Score: 6.4 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Remediation

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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2024-27440 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.
History

Wed, 08 Apr 2026 18:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Wed, 08 Apr 2026 17:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Title PowerPack Addons for Elementor <= 2.7.17 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via *_html_tag*

Wed, 15 Jan 2025 19:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Ideabox
Ideabox powerpack Addons For Elementor
Weaknesses CWE-79
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:ideabox:powerpack_addons_for_elementor:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
Vendors & Products Ideabox
Ideabox powerpack Addons For Elementor

Subscriptions

Ideabox Powerpack Addons For Elementor
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Wordfence

Published:

Updated: 2026-04-08T16:41:46.222Z

Reserved: 2024-03-15T01:04:22.618Z

Link: CVE-2024-2491

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-01T19:18:47.866Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2024-03-30T10:15:07.460

Modified: 2026-04-08T17:18:34.880

Link: CVE-2024-2491

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses