WPeMatico RSS Feed Fetcher < 2.8.27 - Contributor+ Post Publication and Author Spoofing via Campaign Settings
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- High
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Privilege escalation
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · High · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-269.
Summary
The WPeMatico RSS Feed Fetcher WordPress plugin before 2.8.27 does not verify that a user running a feed campaign is permitted to publish content or to attribute posts to another account, allowing users with contributor-level access and above to publish posts live and set any registered user, including an administrator, as the post author.
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
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | WPeMatico RSS Feed Fetcher | before 2.8.27 | 2.8.27 | Patch available | CNA |
- WPeMatico RSS Feed Fetcher VendorUnknown Affected before 2.8.27 Fixed in 2.8.27 Patch available CNA
Remediation
- Fix · CNA WPeMatico RSS Feed Fetcher (Unknown) Fixed in 2.8.27
Fixed in the same release
Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.
- Release ·
WPeMatico RSS Feed Fetcher 2.8.27
4 records Highest priority Priority LOW 4 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2026-60322 WPeMatico RSS Feed Fetcher < 2.8.27 - Contributor+ Stored XSS via Feed ImportPriority LOW 31
- TI-2026-60319 WPeMatico RSS Feed Fetcher < 2.8.27 - Contributor+ SSRF via Campaign PreviewPriority LOW 18
- TI-2026-60316 WPeMatico RSS Feed Fetcher < 2.8.27 - Contributor+ SSRF via Campaign RunPriority LOW 18
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-89001
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-m259-ww4h-6j9q
References
Sources
- CVE-2026-89001 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-89001 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-m259-ww4h-6j9q · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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