RSS Feed Widget < 3.0.0 - Contributor+ Stored XSS
Priority MEDIUM 60CWE-79Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- High
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Cross-site scripting
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · Low · Low
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-79.
Summary
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.
Why it matters now
Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00329 26th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by the CNA and NVD
Fix Fixed RSS Feed Widget (Unknown): 3.0.0
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | RSS Feed Widget | before 3.0.0 | 3.0.0 | Patch available | CNA |
- RSS Feed Widget VendorUnknown Affected before 3.0.0 Fixed in 3.0.0 Patch available CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 1
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:rss_feed_widget_project:rss_feed_widget:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* | before 3.0.0 | Vulnerable | Rss Feed Widget Project |
- cpe:2.3:a:rss_feed_widget_project:rss_feed_widget:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* Versions before 3.0.0 Vulnerable ·Rss Feed Widget Project
Remediation
- Fix · CNA RSS Feed Widget (Unknown) Fixed in 3.0.0
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-9836
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-434f-v35r-xr4j
References
More Rss Feed Widget Project Rss Feed Widget vulnerabilities
- TI-2020-14875 Fahad Mahmood RSS Feed Widget Plugin v2.7.9 and lower does not sanitize the value of the… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.1
Sources
- CVE-2024-9836 · CVE Program
- CVE-2024-9836 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-434f-v35r-xr4j · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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