CVE-2024-9836

MEDIUM

RSS Feed Widget < 3.0.0 - Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode Attributes

Title source: llm

Description

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.

References (1)

Core 1

Core References

Exploit, Third Party Advisory exploit vdb-entry technical-description

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

Scores

CVSS v3 5.9

EPSS 0.0030

EPSS Percentile 21.7%

Attack Vector NETWORK

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

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE

CWE-79

Status published

Products (1)

rss_feed_widget_project/rss_feed_widget < 3.0.0

Published Nov 12, 2024

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026