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CVE-2026-8976: RSS Aggregator by Feedzy <= 5.1.7 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Contributor+) Import Job Creation, Execution, Purge, Log Clearing, and Information Disclosure via Multiple AJAX Sub-Actions
- Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 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: none known
- Published: 2026-06-06 · updated 2026-07-23
- Weakness: CWE-862
Description
The RSS Aggregator by Feedzy – Feed to Post, Autoblogging, News & YouTube Video Feeds Aggregator plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass in all versions up to, and including, 5.1.7. This is due to the plugin not properly verifying that a user is authorized to perform an action. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to create and execute RSS import jobs, purge (force-delete) all posts associated with any import job, clear import error logs, and enumerate taxonomy terms and post meta_key names. The nonce required to reach these sub-handlers is leaked to any user with the edit_posts capability via the feedzyjs localized script injected into the block editor, meaning no privileged nonce theft or separate exploit step is required for Contributor-level users.
Affected products
- themeisle RSS Aggregator by Feedzy – Feed to Post, Autoblogging, News & YouTube Video Feeds Aggregator: through 5.1.7
References
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/feedzy-rss-feeds/tags/5.1.2/includes/admin/feedzy-rss-feeds-import.php#L1256
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/feedzy-rss-feeds/tags/5.1.2/includes/admin/feedzy-rss-feeds-import.php#L1365
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/feedzy-rss-feeds/tags/5.1.2/includes/admin/feedzy-rss-feeds-import.php#L1400
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/feedzy-rss-feeds/tags/5.1.2/includes/admin/feedzy-rss-feeds-import.php#L1436
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/feedzy-rss-feeds/tags/5.1.2/includes/admin/feedzy-rss-feeds-import.php#L3718
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/feedzy-rss-feeds/tags/5.1.2/includes/admin/feedzy-rss-feeds-import.php#L3891
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/feedzy-rss-feeds/tags/5.1.2/includes/admin/feedzy-rss-feeds-import.php#L4090
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/feedzy-rss-feeds/tags/5.1.2/includes/admin/feedzy-rss-feeds-import.php#L4184
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/feedzy-rss-feeds/tags/5.1.2/includes/feedzy-rss-feeds.php#L241
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/feedzy-rss-feeds/tags/5.1.2/includes/gutenberg/feedzy-rss-feeds-gutenberg-block.php#L78
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/feedzy-rss-feeds/tags/5.1.5/includes/admin/feedzy-rss-feeds-import.php#L1256
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/feedzy-rss-feeds/tags/5.1.5/includes/admin/feedzy-rss-feeds-import.php#L1365
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