CVE-2024-9836
RSS Feed Widget < 3.0.0 - Contributor+ Stored XSS
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- WPScan
Description
The RSS Feed Widget WordPress plugin before 3.0.0 does not validate and escape some of its shortcode attributes before outputting them back in a page/post where the shortcode is embed, which could allow users with the contributor role and above to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks.
Public exploit
A reference of the record is tagged as an exploit or proof of concept: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. CISA's SSVC rates its exploitation: a proof of concept is public.
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/f87af54e-3e58-4c29-8a30-e7d52234c9d4/ (opens in a new tab)exploitvdb-entrytechnical-description
Timeline
ID reserved
By WPScan
- 33 days later
· 33 days later
Published
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CISA-ADPADP (enrichment) | 3.1 | Medium5.9 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L |
| NVDNVD · Analyzed | 3.1 | Medium5.9 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.33% · top 74% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: poc · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.9.
Weakness
- CWE-79 Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
- CWE-79 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-79 and its CVEs
Affected products
- affected < 3.0.0
References (1)
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/f87af54e-3e58-4c29-8a30-e7d52234c9d4/ (opens in a new tab)exploitvdb-entrytechnical-description
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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