# CVE-2024-1049: Page Builder Gutenberg Blocks – CoBlocks <= 3.1.6 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting

> Authenticated contributors can inject arbitrary scripts via the Icon Widget, leading to stored XSS execution for other users.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.4 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 23 Mar 2024
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** CVE-2024-1420, GHSA-7xmw-55r7-4xvc

## What is CVE-2024-1049?

CVE-2024-1049 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in godaddy Page Builder Gutenberg Blocks – CoBlocks, published on 23 Mar 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The Page Builder Gutenberg Blocks – CoBlocks plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's Icon Widget's in all versions up to, and including, 3.1.6 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on the link value. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with contributor-level and above permissions to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

Weakness: CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-1049?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Godaddy Coblocks.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-1049?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-1049 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-1049 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-1049 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in godaddy Page Builder Gutenberg Blocks – CoBlocks

- [CVE-2024-4260](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-4260/): CoBlocks < 3.1.12 - Contributor+ SSRF (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2024-2369](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-2369/): Page Builder Gutenberg Blocks < 3.1.7 - Contributor+ Stored XSS (medium 5.4)
- [CVE-2024-7132](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-7132/): CoBlocks < 3.1.13 - Editor+ Stored XSS (medium 4.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-1049 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-1049 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in godaddy Page Builder Gutenberg Blocks – CoBlocks, published on 23 Mar 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-1049 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: godaddy Page Builder Gutenberg Blocks – CoBlocks. 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-2024-1049/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-1049/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-1049
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-1049
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-1049

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-1049/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.