CVE-2024-9836

RSS Feed Widget < 3.0.0 - Contributor+ Stored XSS

The RSS Feed Widget WordPress plugin before 3.0.0 does not validate and escape some of its shortcode attributes before outputting them back in a page/post where the shortcode is embed, which could allow users with the contributor role and above to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks.

Affected

RSS Feed Widget

CVSS v3.1 CNA

5.9 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L

EPSS

0.31% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 22nd percentile

Published

2024-11-12

Proof-of-concept exploits (1)

• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/f87af54e-3e58-4c29-8a30-e7d52234c9d4/

Security advisories

• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/f87af54e-3e58-4c29-8a30-e7d52234c9d4

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry