# CVE-2026-8976: Missing authorization in RSS Aggregator by Feedzy – Feed to Post, Autoblogging, News & YouTube Video Feeds Aggregator

> Authenticated contributors can bypass authorization to create, execute, or purge RSS import jobs and disclose taxonomy information in the Feedzy 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:** 5 Jun 2026
- **Updated:** 6 Jun 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-x4h7-xv75-wrr5

## What is CVE-2026-8976?

CVE-2026-8976 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in themeisle RSS Aggregator by Feedzy – Feed to Post, Autoblogging, News & YouTube Video Feeds Aggregator, published on 5 Jun 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The RSS Aggregator by Feedzy – Feed to Post, Autoblogging, News & YouTube Video Feeds Aggregator plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass in all versions up to, and including, 5.1.7. This is due to the plugin not properly verifying that a user is authorized to perform an action. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to create and execute RSS import jobs, purge (force-delete) all posts associated with any import job, clear import error logs, and enumerate taxonomy terms and post meta_key names. The nonce required to reach these sub-handlers is leaked to any user with the edit_posts capability via the feedzyjs localized script injected into the block editor, meaning no privileged nonce theft or separate exploit step is required for Contributor-level users.

Weakness: CWE-862 (Missing Authorization)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-8976?


## How do I fix CVE-2026-8976?

No fix has been published for CVE-2026-8976 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2026-8976 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-8976 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2026-8976 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2026-8976 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in themeisle RSS Aggregator by Feedzy – Feed to Post, Autoblogging, News & YouTube Video Feeds Aggregator, published on 5 Jun 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-8976 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: themeisle RSS Aggregator by Feedzy – Feed to Post, Autoblogging, News & YouTube Video Feeds Aggregator. 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-2026-8976/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-8976/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-8976
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-8976
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-8976

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-8976/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.