CVE-2020-24314

RSS Feed Widget <= 2.8.0 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

mediumImproper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

6.1

CVSS Score

6.1

CVSS Score

medium

Severity

2.8.1

Patched in

1261d

Time to patch

Description

Fahad Mahmood RSS Feed Widget Plugin v2.8.0 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.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Changed

Low

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

None

Availability

Technical Details

Affected versions<2.8.1

PublishedAugust 10, 2020

Last updatedJanuary 22, 2024

Affected pluginrss-feed-widget

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/91abd172-e024-4272-96ee-1725af4d5488?source=api-prod

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