Vulnerability · Published Feb 20, 2024 · Assigned by Wordfence
CVE-2024-1318RSS Aggregator by Feedzy <= 4.4.2 - Missing Authorization to Arbitrary Page Creation and Publication
Medium 6.5
In plain English
A medium-severity missing authorization in RSS Aggregator by Feedzy – Feed to Post, Autoblogging, News & YouTube Video Feeds Aggregator from themeisle. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.5% (higher than 44% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
The RSS Aggregator by Feedzy – Feed to Post, Autoblogging, News & YouTube Video Feeds Aggregator plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the 'feedzy_wizard_step_process' and 'import_status' functions in all versions up to, and including, 4.4.2. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor access and above, who are normally restricted to only being able to create posts rather than pages, to draft and publish posts with arbitrary content.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| themeisle | RSS Aggregator by Feedzy – Feed to Post, Autoblogging, News & YouTube Video Feeds Aggregator | 0 – through 4.4.2 |
Weakness: CWE-862 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
References
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/181edcec-a57d-4516-935d-6777d2de77ae?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/feedzy-rss-feeds/tags/4.4.2/includes/admin/feedzy-rss-feeds-import.php#L1022
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/feedzy-rss-feeds/tags/4.4.2/includes/admin/feedzy-rss-feeds-admin.php#L1053
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3033749/feedzy-rss-feeds/tags/4.4.3/includes/admin/feedzy-rss-feeds-admin.php?old=3030538&old_path=feedzy-rss-feeds%2Ftags%2F4.4.2%2Fincludes%2Fadmin%2Ffeedzy-rss-feeds-admin.php