PT-2024-39876 · WordPress · Rss Feed Widget

Bob Matyas · Published 2024-11-11 · Updated 2025-05-15 · CVE-2024-9836

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.9

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions RSS Feed Widget WordPress plugin versions prior to 3.0.0

Description The issue concerns the RSS Feed Widget WordPress plugin, which does not properly validate and escape certain shortcode attributes. This could allow users with the contributor role or higher to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks.

Recommendations For versions prior to 3.0.0, update to version 3.0.0 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting the use of the shortcode attributes that are not properly validated and escaped until a patch is applied.

Exploit

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2024-9836

Affected Products

Rss Feed Widget

References · 7

• 🔥 https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/f87af54e-3e58-4c29-8a30-e7d52234c9d4 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-9836 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-9836 · Vendor Advisory
• https://twitter.com/oktsec/status/1856255030992757073 · Twitter Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/122368 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1856220876871475443 · Twitter Post
• https://t.me/cvedetector/10588 · Telegram Post