Stored cross-site scripting in FeedWordPress via syndicated feed content
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Cross-site scripting
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · Low · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-79.
Summary
The FeedWordPress plugin for WordPress through 2026.0517 contains a stored cross-site scripting flaw (CWE-79) in syndicated RSS and Atom feed content. The sanitize_content() function strips only the target attribute, and insert_post() removes WordPress's KSES content filters before saving imported feed items. An unauthenticated attacker who controls an external feed that a site has subscribed to can inject web scripts that execute whenever a user opens an affected page.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-05
Description from the CNA
The FeedWordPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting in versions up to, and including, 2026.0517 via syndicated RSS/Atom feed content. The plugin's SyndicatedPost::sanitize_content() function only strips the 'target' attribute (the lines that would strip 'style' and 'on[a-z]+' event-handler attributes are commented out), and SyndicatedPost::insert_post() deliberately removes WordPress's wp_filter_kses and wp_filter_post_kses filters from content_save_pre before persisting imported feed items via wp_insert_post(). This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers who control an external feed that a site has already subscribed to to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
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
The sources list no fixed version for FeedWordPress.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-05
Timeline
- 2026-10-31 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-110530
- 2026-10-31 Alias added: GHSA-cr3r-cx3j-65fh
- 2026-11-01 Priority changed: MEDIUM → LOW
- 2026-11-01 CISA SSVC decision points changed
References
Other 6
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/cad2334c-21f5-40bc-8b08-32c12ce1e077?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/feedwordpress/tags/2026.0517/syndicatedpost.class.php#L1726
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/feedwordpress/tags/2026.0517/syndicatedpost.class.php#L1196
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/feedwordpress/tags/2026.0517/syndicatedpost.class.php#L395
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/feedwordpress/
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/feedwordpress/tags/2026.1016/syndicatedpost.class.php
Sources
- CVE-2026-110530 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-110530 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-cr3r-cx3j-65fh · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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