# CVE-2023-6984: PowerPack Addons for Elementor (Free Widgets, Extensions and Templates) <= 2.7.13 - Cross-Site Request Forgery

> Unauthenticated attackers can trick administrators into modifying or resetting plugin settings via forged requests.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 3 Jan 2024
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-rj85-r62x-rwp3

## What is CVE-2023-6984?

CVE-2023-6984 is a medium-severity vulnerability in ideaboxcreations PowerPack Addons for Elementor (Free Widgets, Extensions and Templates), published on 3 Jan 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The PowerPack Addons for Elementor (Free Widgets, Extensions and Templates) plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 2.7.13. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation in the powerpack-lite-for-elementor/classes/class-pp-admin-settings.php file. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to modify and reset plugin settings via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.

Weakness: CWE-352 (Cross-Site Request Forgery)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-6984?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Ideabox Powerpack Addons for Elementor.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-6984?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-6984 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-6984 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-6984 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in ideaboxcreations PowerPack Addons for Elementor (Free Widgets, Extensions and Templates)

- [CVE-2024-3668](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-3668/): PowerPack Pro for Elementor <= 2.10.17 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Privilege Escalation (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2023-49739](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-49739/): WordPress PowerPack Pro for Elementor plugin <= 2.9.23 - Reflected Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability (high 7.1)
- [CVE-2024-5787](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-5787/): Cross-site scripting in PowerPack Addons for Elementor (Free Widgets, Extensions and Templates) (medium 6.4)
- [CVE-2024-5327](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-5327/): Cross-site scripting in PowerPack Addons for Elementor (Free Widgets, Extensions and Templates) (medium 6.4)
- [CVE-2024-2492](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-2492/): Cross-site scripting in PowerPack Addons for Elementor (Free Widgets, Extensions and Templates) (medium 6.4)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-6984 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-6984 is a medium-severity vulnerability in ideaboxcreations PowerPack Addons for Elementor (Free Widgets, Extensions and Templates), published on 3 Jan 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-6984 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: ideaboxcreations PowerPack Addons for Elementor (Free Widgets, Extensions and Templates). No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-6984/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-6984/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-6984
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-6984
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-6984

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Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.