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

6.1
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
CVE CVE-2020-24314
CVSS 6.1 (Medium)
Publicly Published August 10, 2020
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researchers zerodetail (ZeroAptitude.com)
ratherbland (ZeroAptitude.com)

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.

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Vulnerability Details for RSS Feed Widget

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug rss-feed-widget (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Remediation Update to version 2.8.1, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • < 2.8.1
Patched Version
  • 2.8.1

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