RSS Aggregator – RSS Import, News Feeds, Feed to Post, and Autoblogging: A security weakness
RSS Aggregator – RSS Import, News Feeds, Feed to Post, and Autoblogging is affected by a security weakness. Exploitation requires at least subscriber-level access. The resulting impact depends on how the affected component exposes the vulnerable operation.
- Component
- RSS Aggregator – RSS Import, News Feeds, Feed to Post, and Autoblogging
- Plugin slug
wp-rss-aggregator- Affected
- See vendor advisory
- Safe version
- See mitigation notes
- Published
- Oct 23, 2024
- Weakness
- CWE-862 — Missing Authorization
This CVE was published Oct 23, 2024 and is one of 10 known issues for this plugin.
Update, patch or deactivate.
Update RSS Aggregator – RSS Import, News Feeds, Feed to Post, and Autoblogging to a release outside the affected range, or disable and remove it until a fixed version is available.
No confirmed safe version is listed. Consider a vendor-supported patch or temporarily restricting the affected functionality while you assess the risk.
Deactivate only when warranted by your risk profile, or when advised by your hosting provider in the limited circumstances where the vulnerability cannot otherwise be mitigated. If you’re unsure which action is appropriate, contact Fused or your hosting provider for guidance.
Technical 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.
CVE / CNA vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
NVD vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N