CVE-2024-9583 RSS Aggregator – RSS Import, News Feeds, Feed to Post, and Autoblogging <= 4.23.12 - Missing Authorization

Medium 4.3 Published Updated

Authenticated attackers can send support requests impersonating site owners and potentially leak license information due to missing capability checks.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2024-9583?

CVE-2024-9583 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in rebelcode RSS Aggregator – RSS Import, News Feeds, Feed to Post, and Autoblogging, published on 23 Oct 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 use of functionality due to a missing capability check on the wprss_ajax_send_premium_support function in all versions up to, and including, 4.23.12. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to send premium support requests with an attacker-controlled subject line and email address to support allowing them to impersonate the site owner. License information may also be leaked.

Weakness: CWE-862

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-9583?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Rebelcode Rss Aggregator.

How do I fix CVE-2024-9583?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-9583 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.

Is CVE-2024-9583 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-9583 exists.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-6fjr-qhr8-g6mc.

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