# CVE-2024-27986: WordPress Livemesh Addons for Elementor Plugin <= 8.3.5 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS)

> Attackers can inject malicious scripts into web pages via the Livemesh Addons for Elementor plugin, potentially compromising user sessions.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L`)
- **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:** 14 Mar 2024
- **Updated:** 28 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-x87j-cm3v-h473

## What is CVE-2024-27986?

CVE-2024-27986 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Elementor Addons by Livemesh, published on 14 Mar 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

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Livemesh Elementor Addons by Livemesh allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Elementor Addons by Livemesh: from n/a through 8.3.5.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-27986?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Livemeshelementor Addons for Elementor.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-27986?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-27986 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-27986 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-27986 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Elementor Addons by Livemesh

- [CVE-2024-2385](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-2385/): Elementor Addons by Livemesh <= 8.4 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Limited Local File Inclusion via Widgets (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2024-47303](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-47303/): WordPress Elementor Addons by Livemesh plugin <= 8.5 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2024-25598](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-25598/): WordPress Elementor Addons by Livemesh plugin <= 8.3 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2024-8858](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-8858/): Cross-site scripting in Livemesh Addons by Elementor (medium 6.4)
- [CVE-2024-2926](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-2926/): Elementor Addons by Livemesh <= 8.3.7 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Various Widgets (medium 6.4)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-27986 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-27986 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Elementor Addons by Livemesh, published on 14 Mar 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-2024-27986 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Elementor Addons by Livemesh. 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-2024-27986/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-27986/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-27986
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-27986
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-27986

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-27986/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.