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CVE-2024-9836: RSS Feed Widget < 3.0.0 - Contributor+ Stored XSS
- Severity: medium (CVSS 5.9 v3.1)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: yes
- Published: 2024-11-12 · updated 2026-06-17
- Weakness: CWE-79
Description
The RSS Feed Widget WordPress plugin before 3.0.0 does not validate and escape some of its shortcode attributes before outputting them back in a page/post where the shortcode is embed, which could allow users with the contributor role and above to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks.
Affected products
- Rss Feed Widget Project Rss Feed Widget: before 3.0.0 — fixed in 3.0.0
How to fix
Upgrade to a fixed version: Rss Feed Widget Project Rss Feed Widget 3.0.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.
References
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