CVE-2022-0189: unknown wp rss aggregator – news feeds, autoblogging, youtube video feeds and more Cross-site Scripting
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2022-0189 is a medium (CVSS 6.1) Cross-site Scripting vulnerability in unknown wp rss aggregator – news feeds, autoblogging, youtube video feeds and more. EPSS estimates a 2.23% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 82.4% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.
Timeline
- 28-02-2022PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 02-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
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
CVSS metrics
3 scores · 2 sources · 2 versions- wordfenceSource6.1MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
EPSS trend
Probability
2.23%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
82%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
0.00 pp
From 2.23% on 20-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
1 foundExploit Reference (wpscan.com)
Maturity: unknown
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Unknown1 product
Wordpress1 product
- wp-rss-aggregator≤ 4.19.3 (fixed in 4.20)
Wprssaggregator1 product
- wp_rss_aggregator< 4.20
3 vendors · 3 products
References
3 links- wpscan.com/vulnerability/52a71bf1-b8bc-479e-b741-eb8fb9685014X Refsource MISCExploitThird Party Advisory