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Vulnerability · Published Jul 16, 2024 · Assigned by Wordfence

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

Medium 4.3

In plain English

A medium-severity missing authorization in RSS Aggregator – RSS Import, News Feeds, Feed to Post, and Autoblogging from rebelcode. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.4% (higher than 33% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)4.3Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.4%top 67.1% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official 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 (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
rebelcode RSS Aggregator – RSS Import, News Feeds, Feed to Post, and Autoblogging 0 – through 4.23.11

Weakness: CWE-862 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

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