Vulnerability · Published Nov 12, 2024 · Assigned by WPScan

CVE-2024-9835RSS Feed Widget < 3.0.1 - Reflected XSS

Medium 4.8

In plain English

A medium-severity security flaw in RSS Feed Widget from Unknown. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 26% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)4.8Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 73.7% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

The RSS Feed Widget WordPress plugin before 3.0.1 does not escape the $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] parameter before outputting it back in an attribute, which could lead to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting in old web browsers

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
Unknown	RSS Feed Widget	0 – before 3.0.1

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/0277b060-805d-4b85-b5a4-fa93a731cd8d/ exploit, vdb-entry, technical-description