CVE-2022-0189 WP RSS Aggregator < 4.20 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)

What is CVE-2022-0189?

CVE-2022-0189 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown WP RSS Aggregator – News Feeds, Autoblogging, Youtube Video Feeds and More, published on 28 Feb 2022. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

The WP RSS Aggregator WordPress plugin before 4.20 does not sanitise and escape the id parameter in the wprss_fetch_items_row_action AJAX action before outputting it back in the response, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

Weakness: CWE-79

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-0189?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Wprssaggregator Wp Rss Aggregator.

How do I fix CVE-2022-0189?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-0189 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Escape output for the context it lands in and set a strict Content Security Policy. Upgrading the affected component is the real fix. More about Cross-site scripting.

Is CVE-2022-0189 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2022-0189 exists.

Public exploit code: 1 Nuclei template.

Other vulnerabilities in Unknown WP RSS Aggregator – News Feeds, Autoblogging, Youtube Video Feeds and More

• CVE-2021-24988 WP RSS Aggregator < 4.19.3 - Subscriber+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting Medium 5.4
• CVE-2021-24768 WP RSS Aggregator < 4.19.2 - Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting Medium 4.8
• CVE-2024-0630 WP RSS Aggregator <= 4.23.4 - Authenticated (Admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via RSS Feed Source Medium 4.4
• CVE-2024-0628 Server-side request forgery in WP RSS Aggregator – RSS Import, News Feeds, Feed to Post, and Autoblogging Low 3.8

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-mfv7-34v2-2q9m.