CVE-2022-0189

MEDIUM NUCLEI

WP RSS Aggregator < 4.20 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via wprss_fetch_items_row_action AJAX Action

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

CVE-2022-0189 has a Nuclei detection template available — see the Nuclei card below for the Shodan/FOFA recon queries.

Description

The WP RSS Aggregator WordPress plugin before 4.20 does not sanitise and escape the id parameter in the wprss_fetch_items_row_action AJAX action before outputting it back in the response, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

Nuclei Templates (1)

WordPress RSS Aggregator < 4.20 - Authenticated Cross-Site Scripting
MEDIUMby DhiyaneshDK

References (2)

Core 2
Core References
Exploit, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/52a71bf1-b8bc-479e-b741-eb8fb9685014
Release Notes, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2659298

Scores

CVSS v3 6.1
EPSS 0.0223
EPSS Percentile 80.4%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Details

CWE
CWE-79
Status published
Products (1)
wprssaggregator/wp_rss_aggregator < 4.20
Published Feb 28, 2022
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026