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CVE-2024-9583: RSS Aggregator – RSS Import, News Feeds, Feed to Post, and Autoblogging <= 4.23.12 - Missing Authorization

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.4 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: 2024-10-23 · 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 use of functionality due to a missing capability check on the wprss_ajax_send_premium_support function in all versions up to, and including, 4.23.12. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to send premium support requests with an attacker-controlled subject line and email address to support allowing them to impersonate the site owner. License information may also be leaked.

Affected products

• rebelcode RSS Aggregator – RSS Import, News Feeds, Feed to Post, and Autoblogging: before 4.23.13 — fixed in 4.23.13

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: rebelcode RSS Aggregator – RSS Import, News Feeds, Feed to Post, and Autoblogging 4.23.13. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-rss-aggregator/trunk/includes/admin-help.php#L274
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3168468/wp-rss-aggregator/trunk/includes/admin-help.php
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/126c77fa-11c5-431f-8fc9-0375ed6c8a91?source=cve

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