vulnerability
WordPress Plugin: rss-feed-widget: CVE-2020-24314: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N) | Aug 10, 2020 | May 15, 2025 | Apr 30, 2026 |
Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
Aug 10, 2020
Added
May 15, 2025
Modified
Apr 30, 2026
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.
Solution
rss-feed-widget-plugin-cve-2020-24314
References
Rapid7 Labs
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