6.5
MEDIUM
CVE-2024-1318
Feedzy WordPress RSS Aggregator Arbitrary Post Creation Vulnerability
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.

INFO

Published Date :

Feb. 29, 2024, 1:43 a.m.

Last Modified :

Dec. 31, 2024, 4:56 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

3.6

Exploitability Score :

2.8
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2024-1318 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Themeisle rss_aggregator_by_feedzy

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2024-1318 vulnerability over time.

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  • Reanalysis by [email protected]

    Dec. 31, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/181edcec-a57d-4516-935d-6777d2de77ae?source=cve Vendor Advisory https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/181edcec-a57d-4516-935d-6777d2de77ae?source=cve Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/181edcec-a57d-4516-935d-6777d2de77ae?source=cve Vendor Advisory https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/181edcec-a57d-4516-935d-6777d2de77ae?source=cve Patch, Third Party Advisory
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Dec. 31, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CWE NIST CWE-862
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:themeisle:rss_aggregator_by_feedzy:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* versions up to (including) 4.4.2
    Changed Reference Type https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/feedzy-rss-feeds/tags/4.4.2/includes/admin/feedzy-rss-feeds-admin.php#L1053 No Types Assigned https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/feedzy-rss-feeds/tags/4.4.2/includes/admin/feedzy-rss-feeds-admin.php#L1053 Product
    Changed Reference Type https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/feedzy-rss-feeds/tags/4.4.2/includes/admin/feedzy-rss-feeds-admin.php#L1053 No Types Assigned https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/feedzy-rss-feeds/tags/4.4.2/includes/admin/feedzy-rss-feeds-admin.php#L1053 Product
    Changed Reference Type https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/feedzy-rss-feeds/tags/4.4.2/includes/admin/feedzy-rss-feeds-import.php#L1022 No Types Assigned https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/feedzy-rss-feeds/tags/4.4.2/includes/admin/feedzy-rss-feeds-import.php#L1022 Product
    Changed Reference Type https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/feedzy-rss-feeds/tags/4.4.2/includes/admin/feedzy-rss-feeds-import.php#L1022 No Types Assigned https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/feedzy-rss-feeds/tags/4.4.2/includes/admin/feedzy-rss-feeds-import.php#L1022 Product
    Changed Reference Type 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 No Types Assigned 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 Patch
    Changed Reference Type 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 No Types Assigned 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 Patch
    Changed Reference Type https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/181edcec-a57d-4516-935d-6777d2de77ae?source=cve No Types Assigned https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/181edcec-a57d-4516-935d-6777d2de77ae?source=cve Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/181edcec-a57d-4516-935d-6777d2de77ae?source=cve No Types Assigned https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/181edcec-a57d-4516-935d-6777d2de77ae?source=cve Vendor Advisory
  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/feedzy-rss-feeds/tags/4.4.2/includes/admin/feedzy-rss-feeds-admin.php#L1053
    Added Reference https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/feedzy-rss-feeds/tags/4.4.2/includes/admin/feedzy-rss-feeds-import.php#L1022
    Added Reference 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
    Added Reference https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/181edcec-a57d-4516-935d-6777d2de77ae?source=cve
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Received by [email protected]

    Feb. 29, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added 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.
    Added Reference Wordfence https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/181edcec-a57d-4516-935d-6777d2de77ae?source=cve [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Wordfence https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/feedzy-rss-feeds/tags/4.4.2/includes/admin/feedzy-rss-feeds-import.php#L1022 [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Wordfence https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/feedzy-rss-feeds/tags/4.4.2/includes/admin/feedzy-rss-feeds-admin.php#L1053 [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Wordfence 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 [No types assigned]
    Added CVSS V3.1 Wordfence AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2024-1318 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2024-1318 weaknesses.

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