4.3
MEDIUM
CVE-2024-6621
WordPress RSS Aggregator Unauthenticated RSS Feed Activation
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.

INFO

Published Date :

July 16, 2024, 11:15 a.m.

Last Modified :

Aug. 7, 2024, 10:17 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

1.4

Exploitability Score :

2.8
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2024-6621 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 Rebelcode rss_aggregator

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2024-6621 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Aug. 07, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
    Changed Reference Type https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-rss-aggregator/trunk/includes/feed-states.php#L12 No Types Assigned https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-rss-aggregator/trunk/includes/feed-states.php#L12 Patch
    Changed Reference Type https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-rss-aggregator/trunk/includes/feed-states.php#L28 No Types Assigned https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-rss-aggregator/trunk/includes/feed-states.php#L28 Patch
    Changed Reference Type https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-rss-aggregator/trunk/includes/feed-states.php?rev=3118231 No Types Assigned https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-rss-aggregator/trunk/includes/feed-states.php?rev=3118231 Patch
    Changed Reference Type https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/8e37331b-0b75-41ee-b390-532efd674cc1?source=cve No Types Assigned https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/8e37331b-0b75-41ee-b390-532efd674cc1?source=cve Third Party Advisory
    Added CWE NIST NVD-CWE-noinfo
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:rebelcode:rss_aggregator:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* versions up to (excluding) 4.23.12
  • CVE Received by [email protected]

    Jul. 16, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added 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.
    Added Reference Wordfence https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/8e37331b-0b75-41ee-b390-532efd674cc1?source=cve [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Wordfence https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-rss-aggregator/trunk/includes/feed-states.php#L12 [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Wordfence https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-rss-aggregator/trunk/includes/feed-states.php#L28 [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Wordfence https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-rss-aggregator/trunk/includes/feed-states.php?rev=3118231 [No types assigned]
    Added CVSS V3.1 Wordfence AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
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