# CVE-2024-2163: Cross-site scripting in Ninja Beaver Add-ons for Beaver Builder

> Authenticated contributors can inject arbitrary scripts via widgets, leading to code execution when other users view the page.

- **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:** 22 May 2024
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-73gq-r5qh-jgmm

## What is CVE-2024-2163?

CVE-2024-2163 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in njba Ninja Beaver Add-ons for Beaver Builder, published on 22 May 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The Ninja Beaver Add-ons for Beaver Builder plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's widgets in all versions up to, and including, 2.4.5 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes such as urls. 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. CVE-2024-37244 is likely a duplicate of this issue.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-2163?


## How do I fix CVE-2024-2163?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-2163 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-2163 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-2163 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-2163 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-2163 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in njba Ninja Beaver Add-ons for Beaver Builder, published on 22 May 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-2024-2163 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: njba Ninja Beaver Add-ons for Beaver Builder. 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-2024-2163/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-2163/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-2163
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-2163
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-2163

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-2163/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.