# CVE-2024-6621: WP RSS Aggregator <= 4.23.11 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Feed State Update

> Authenticated subscribers can activate or pause RSS feeds due to missing capability checks in the WP RSS Aggregator plugin.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 16 Jul 2024
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-p2qj-v66f-rh5f

## What is CVE-2024-6621?

CVE-2024-6621 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in rebelcode RSS Aggregator – RSS Import, News Feeds, Feed to Post, and Autoblogging, published on 16 Jul 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The RSS Aggregator – RSS Import, News Feeds, Feed to Post, and Autoblogging plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the 'wprss_activate_feed_source' and 'wprss_pause_feed_source' functions in all versions up to, and including, 4.23.11. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to activate or pause existing RSS feeds.

Weakness: CWE-862 (Missing Authorization)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-6621?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Rebelcode Rss Aggregator.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-6621?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-6621 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-6621 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-6621 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in rebelcode RSS Aggregator – RSS Import, News Feeds, Feed to Post, and Autoblogging

- [CVE-2024-4860](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-4860/): Cross-site scripting in rebelcode:rss aggregator (medium 5.4)
- [CVE-2024-9583](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-9583/): RSS Aggregator – RSS Import, News Feeds, Feed to Post, and Autoblogging <= 4.23.12 - Missing Authorization (medium 4.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-6621 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-6621 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in rebelcode RSS Aggregator – RSS Import, News Feeds, Feed to Post, and Autoblogging, published on 16 Jul 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-6621 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: rebelcode RSS Aggregator – RSS Import, News Feeds, Feed to Post, and Autoblogging. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-6621/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-6621/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-6621
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-6621
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-6621

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-6621/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.