PT-2024-39875 · WordPress · Rss Feed Widget

Bob Matyas · Published 2024-11-11 · Updated 2025-05-15 · CVE-2024-9835

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

4.8

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions RSS Feed Widget WordPress plugin versions prior to 3.0.1

Description The issue arises from the failure to escape the REQUEST URI parameter before outputting it back in an attribute. This could lead to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting in old web browsers.

Recommendations For versions prior to 3.0.1, update to version 3.0.1 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the RSS Feed Widget until the update is applied.

Exploit

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2024-9835

Affected Products

Rss Feed Widget

References · 7

• 🔥 https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/0277b060-805d-4b85-b5a4-fa93a731cd8d · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-9835 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-9835 · Vendor Advisory
• https://t.me/cvenotify/101357 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/122367 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1856220878142423108 · Twitter Post
• https://t.me/cvedetector/10586 · Telegram Post