# CVE-2024-1055: Cross-site scripting in PowerPack Addons for Elementor (Free Widgets, Extensions and Templates)

> Authenticated contributors can inject arbitrary scripts via button URLs, leading to code execution when pages are viewed.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.4 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/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:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 7 Feb 2024
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-6gg6-4gm5-vqq7

## What is CVE-2024-1055?

CVE-2024-1055 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in ideaboxcreations PowerPack Addons for Elementor (Free Widgets, Extensions and Templates), published on 7 Feb 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

The PowerPack Addons for Elementor (Free Widgets, Extensions and Templates) plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's buttons in all versions up to, and including, 2.7.14 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied URL values. 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-2024-1055?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Ideabox Powerpack Addons for Elementor.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-1055?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-1055 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-1055 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-1055 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-2024-1055 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-1055 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in ideaboxcreations PowerPack Addons for Elementor (Free Widgets, Extensions and Templates), published on 7 Feb 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-1055 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-2024-1055/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-1055/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-1055
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-1055
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-1055

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