WPeMatico RSS Feed Fetcher <= 2.8.11 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Server-Side Request Forgery via wpematico_test_feed
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · Low · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
The WPeMatico RSS Feed Fetcher plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Server-Side Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 2.8.11 via the wpematico_test_feed() function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to make web requests to arbitrary locations originating from the web application and can be used to query and modify information from internal services.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- 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
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-11917
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-52h6-5xm4-pr2j
References
Other 5
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/5a1c6377-c2a7-4344-86bd-d2797db19469?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wpematico/tags/2.8.11/app/campaign_edit.php#L24
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wpematico/tags/2.8.11/app/wpematico_functions.php#L1249
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wpematico/tags/2.8.11/app/wpematico_functions.php#L1260
- https://github.com/etruel/wpematico/commit/7a281dcfc0868490d62caee54f3b743708fed7cf
More etruel vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-16117 Improper privilege management in etruel WPeMatico RSS Feed Fetcher CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2026-41286 WordPress WPeMatico RSS Feed Fetcher plugin <= 2.8.17 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.1
- TI-2025-40655 WordPress WP Views Counter plugin <= 2.1.2 - Broken Access Control vulnerability CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.3
- TI-2025-31774 WordPress WP Views Counter plugin <= 2.0.3 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
- TI-2025-16427 WordPress WP Delete Post Copies plugin <= 5.5 - Broken Access Control vulnerability CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.4
- TI-2026-75280 Stored cross-site scripting in WPeMatico RSS Feed Fetcher CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.4
Sources
- CVE-2025-11917 · CVE Program
- CVE-2025-11917 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-52h6-5xm4-pr2j · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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