# CVE-2024-11600: Code injection in Borderless – Addons and Templates for Elementor

> Authenticated administrators can execute arbitrary code on the server via unsanitized JSON imports in the Borderless WordPress plugin.

- **Severity:** High 7.2 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 30 Jan 2025
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-qf88-5j88-qjqv

## What is CVE-2024-11600?

CVE-2024-11600 is a high-severity code injection vulnerability in visualmodo Borderless – Addons and Templates for Elementor, published on 30 Jan 2025. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The Borderless – Widgets, Elements, Templates and Toolkit for Elementor & Gutenberg plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Remote Code Execution in all versions up to, and including, 1.6.0 via the 'write_config' function. This is due to a lack of sanitization on an imported JSON file. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Administrator-level access and above, to execute code on the server.

Weakness: CWE-94 (Improper Control of Generation of Code)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-11600?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Visualmodo Borderless.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-11600?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-11600 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-11600 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-11600 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in visualmodo Borderless – Addons and Templates for Elementor

- [CVE-2024-34757](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-34757/): WordPress Borderless plugin <= 1.7.5 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2024-4666](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-4666/): Cross-site scripting in Borderless – Addons and Templates for Elementor (medium 6.4)
- [CVE-2024-54211](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-54211/): Cross-site scripting in Borderless (medium 5.9)
- [CVE-2023-38518](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-38518/): WordPress Borderless Plugin <= 1.4.8 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS) (medium 5.9)
- [CVE-2024-10867](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-10867/): Cross-site scripting in Borderless – Addons and Templates for Elementor (medium 5.4)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-11600 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-11600 is a high-severity code injection vulnerability in visualmodo Borderless – Addons and Templates for Elementor, published on 30 Jan 2025. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-11600 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: visualmodo Borderless – Addons and Templates for Elementor. 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-2024-11600/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-11600/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-11600
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-11600
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-11600

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-11600/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.