CVE-2020-24314
MEDIUM
6.1
CVSS Score
Published: August 26, 2020 at 12:59 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 03:05 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorRss Feed Widget
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Severity
MEDIUM6.1
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.9%
Description
Fahad Mahmood RSS Feed Widget Plugin v2.7.9 and lower does not sanitize the value of the "t" GET parameter before echoing it back out inside an input tag. This results in a reflected XSS vulnerability that attackers can exploit with a specially crafted URL.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Rss Feed Widget· Rss Feed Widget Projectwordpress-plugin
95%v ≤ 2.7.9
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.
References (2)
x_refsource_MISCProductThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://wordpress.org/plugins/rss-feed-widget/advanced/x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party AdvisoryURL Repurposed
Source: [email protected]
https://zeroaptitude.com/zerodetail/wordpress-plugin-bug-hunting-part-1/CVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- REQUIRED
- Scope
- CHANGED
- Confidentiality
- LOW
- Integrity
- LOW
- Availability
- NONE
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-79
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