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CVE-2024-6621: WP RSS Aggregator <= 4.23.11 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Feed State Update

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2024-07-16 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-862

Description

The RSS Aggregator – RSS Import, News Feeds, Feed to Post, and Autoblogging plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the 'wprss_activate_feed_source' and 'wprss_pause_feed_source' functions in all versions up to, and including, 4.23.11. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to activate or pause existing RSS feeds.

Affected products

• rebelcode RSS Aggregator – RSS Import, News Feeds, Feed to Post, and Autoblogging: before 4.23.12 — fixed in 4.23.12

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: rebelcode RSS Aggregator – RSS Import, News Feeds, Feed to Post, and Autoblogging 4.23.12. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-rss-aggregator/trunk/includes/feed-states.php#L12
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-rss-aggregator/trunk/includes/feed-states.php#L28
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-rss-aggregator/trunk/includes/feed-states.php?rev=3118231
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/8e37331b-0b75-41ee-b390-532efd674cc1?source=cve
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-rss-aggregator/trunk/includes/feed-states.php#L12
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-rss-aggregator/trunk/includes/feed-states.php#L28
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-rss-aggregator/trunk/includes/feed-states.php?rev=3118231
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/8e37331b-0b75-41ee-b390-532efd674cc1?source=cve

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