Vulnerability · Published Oct 23, 2024 · Assigned by Wordfence
CVE-2024-9583RSS Aggregator – RSS Import, News Feeds, Feed to Post, and Autoblogging <= 4.23.12 - Missing Authorization
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. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.4% (higher than 36% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
The RSS Aggregator – RSS Import, News Feeds, Feed to Post, and Autoblogging plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized use of functionality due to a missing capability check on the wprss_ajax_send_premium_support function in all versions up to, and including, 4.23.12. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to send premium support requests with an attacker-controlled subject line and email address to support allowing them to impersonate the site owner. License information may also be leaked.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| rebelcode | RSS Aggregator – RSS Import, News Feeds, Feed to Post, and Autoblogging | 0 – through 4.23.12 |
Weakness: CWE-862 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
References
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/126c77fa-11c5-431f-8fc9-0375ed6c8a91?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-rss-aggregator/trunk/includes/admin-help.php#L274
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3168468/wp-rss-aggregator/trunk/includes/admin-help.php