CVE-2024-9836

RSS Feed Widget < 3.0.0 - Contributor+ Stored XSS

Severity Score

5.9

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

Track*

*SSVC

Descriptions

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.

*Credits: Bob Matyas, WPScan

CVSS Scores

CISAv3.1 5.9

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

High

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

Low

Availability

Low

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:Track*

Exploitation

Poc

Automatable

Tech. Impact

Partial

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2024-10-10 CVE Reserved
2024-11-12 CVE Published
2024-11-12 CVE Updated
2024-11-12 First Exploit
2024-11-13 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CAPEC

References (1)

URL	Tag	Source

URL	Date	SRC
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/f87af54e-3e58-4c29-8a30-e7d52234c9d4	2024-11-12

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Unknown Search vendor "Unknown"		RSS Feed Widget Search vendor "Unknown" for product "RSS Feed Widget"				< 3.0.0 Search vendor "Unknown" for product "RSS Feed Widget" and version " < 3.0.0"		en		Affected