# CVE-2024-2185: Cross-site scripting in WPZOOM Addons for Beaver Builder

> Authenticated attackers can inject arbitrary scripts via the Image Box widget, executing them 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:** 9 Apr 2024
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-5qq4-q34c-9875

## What is CVE-2024-2185?

CVE-2024-2185 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in WPZOOM Addons for Beaver Builder, published on 9 Apr 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The Beaver Builder Addons by WPZOOM plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the Image Box widget in all versions up to, and including, 1.3.4 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, 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-2024-2185?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Wpzoom Beaver Builder Addons.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-2185?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-2185 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-2185 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-2185 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in WPZOOM Addons for Beaver Builder

- [CVE-2024-30424](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-30424/): WordPress Beaver Builder Addons by WPZOOM plugin <= 1.3.4 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2024-2181](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-2181/): Beaver Builder Addons by WPZOOM <= 1.3.4 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Button Widget (medium 6.4)
- [CVE-2024-2183](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-2183/): Beaver Builder Addons by WPZOOM <= 1.3.4 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Heading Widget (medium 6.4)
- [CVE-2024-2186](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-2186/): Cross-site scripting in WPZOOM Addons for Beaver Builder (medium 6.4)
- [CVE-2024-2187](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-2187/): Cross-site scripting in WPZOOM Addons for Beaver Builder (medium 6.4)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-2185 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-2185 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in WPZOOM Addons for Beaver Builder, published on 9 Apr 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-2024-2185 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: WPZOOM Addons 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-2024-2185/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-2185/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-2185
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-2185
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-2185

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-2185/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.