CVE-2024-6621
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'…
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.39%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
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.
- CVSS 3.1
- 4.3 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.39% probability · 32th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-862
- Affected
- rebelcode/rss aggregator
- Source
- security@wordfence.com
References
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-rss-aggregator/trunk/includes/feed-states.php#L12Patch
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-rss-aggregator/trunk/includes/feed-states.php#L28Patch
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-rss-aggregator/trunk/includes/feed-states.php?rev=3118231Patch
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/8e37331b-0b75-41ee-b390-532efd674cc1?source=cveThird Party Advisory
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-rss-aggregator/trunk/includes/feed-states.php#L12Patch
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-rss-aggregator/trunk/includes/feed-states.php#L28Patch
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-rss-aggregator/trunk/includes/feed-states.php?rev=3118231Patch
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/8e37331b-0b75-41ee-b390-532efd674cc1?source=cveThird Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.