Plugins · rss-feed-widget · data as of 2026-11-04
Is RSS Feed Widget safe? Known vulnerabilities and latest version
- Latest version
- 4.0.0
- Last updated
- 2026-10-30
- Active installs
- 2,000+
- Known issues on record
- 6
- Unpatched in latest
- 0
- Tested up to WP
- 7.1.4 · PHP 7.4+
Show any RSS or Atom feed as a clean list or accessible slider with a widget, a block or a shortcode. Cached, secure and lightweight. — by Fahad Mahmood
What to do
- Update to the latest version (4.0.0). Anything older than 3.0.3 has at least one known issue listed below. Dashboard → Updates, or Plugins → “update now”.
- If you cannot update right away, deactivate it until you can.
- Turn on auto-updates for it: Plugins → “Enable auto-updates” on its row.
- If you ran a vulnerable version and something looks off (spam pages, strange admins, redirects), run the free scan.
With WP-CLI: wp plugin get rss-feed-widget --field=version shows what you run; wp plugin update rss-feed-widget updates it.
Check your version
Known vulnerabilities
6 on record, newest first. “Affected” is the version range the source gives; “fixed in” is the version the source names, or (marked *) the first wordpress.org release after the last affected version.
medium 5.4 CVE-2025-69349 · published 2026-01-06
Missing authorization check in RSS Feed Widget (3.0.2 and older)
- Affected
- 3.0.2 and older
- Fixed in
- 3.0.3
- Access needed (per CVSS)
- Needs a low-level account (e.g. subscriber)
- Range from
- CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by Patchstack
Details from the advisory
Missing Authorization vulnerability in Fahad Mahmood RSS Feed Widget rss-feed-widget allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects RSS Feed Widget: from n/a through <= 3.0.2.
medium 4.8 CVE-2024-9835 · published 2024-11-12
Reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) in RSS Feed Widget (older than 3.0.1)
- Affected
- older than 3.0.1
- Fixed in
- 3.0.1
- Access needed (per CVSS)
- Needs an admin-level account; someone on the site has to click a link or open a page
- Range from
- CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by CISA ADP
Details from the advisory
The RSS Feed Widget WordPress plugin before 3.0.1 does not escape the $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] parameter before outputting it back in an attribute, which could lead to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting in old web browsers
medium 5.9 CVE-2024-9836 · published 2024-11-12
Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) in RSS Feed Widget (older than 3.0.0)
- Affected
- older than 3.0.0
- Fixed in
- 3.0.0
- Access needed (per CVSS)
- Needs an admin-level account; someone on the site has to click a link or open a page
- Range from
- CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by CISA ADP
Details from the advisory
The RSS Feed Widget WordPress plugin before 3.0.0 does not validate and escape some of its shortcode attributes before outputting them back in a page/post where the shortcode is embed, which could allow users with the contributor role and above to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks.
medium 5.4 CVE-2024-10057 · published 2024-10-18
Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) in RSS Feed Widget (2.9.9 and older)
- Affected
- 2.9.9 and older
- Fixed in
- 3.0.0 *
- Access needed (per CVSS)
- Needs a low-level account (e.g. subscriber); someone on the site has to click a link or open a page
- Range from
- CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by NVD
Details from the advisory
The RSS Feed Widget plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's rfw-youtube-videos shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 2.9.9 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
NVD CVE-2024-10057Wordfence advisoryCode change (fix)wordpress.org
medium 5.9 CVE-2024-32690 · published 2024-04-22
Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) in RSS Feed Widget (2.9.7 and older)
- Affected
- 2.9.7 and older
- Fixed in
- 2.9.8
- Access needed (per CVSS)
- Needs an admin-level account; someone on the site has to click a link or open a page
- Range from
- CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by Patchstack
Details from the advisory
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Fahad Mahmood RSS Feed Widget allows Stored XSS.This issue affects RSS Feed Widget: from n/a through 2.9.7.
medium 6.1 CVE-2020-24314 · published 2020-08-26
Reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) in RSS Feed Widget (2.7.9 and older)
- Affected
- 2.7.9 and older
- Fixed in
- 2.8.1 *
- Access needed (per CVSS)
- No login needed; someone on the site has to click a link or open a page
- Range from
- NVD analysis · score by NVD
Details from the advisory
Fahad Mahmood RSS Feed Widget Plugin v2.7.9 and lower does not sanitize the value of the "t" GET parameter before echoing it back out inside an input tag. This results in a reflected XSS vulnerability that attackers can exploit with a specially crafted URL.
Recent activity
- 2026-10-30 — latest release on wordpress.org (4.0.0).
- 2026-01-06 — Missing authorization check disclosed (CVE-2025-69349), fixed in 3.0.3.
- 2024-11-12 — Reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) disclosed (CVE-2024-9835), fixed in 3.0.1.
- 2024-11-12 — Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) disclosed (CVE-2024-9836), fixed in 3.0.0.
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- Unpatched in the latest version
- By type of vulnerability
- Plugins by Fahad Mahmood (9 tracked)
Types found in this plugin: Cross-site scripting (XSS) (5) · Missing authorization (1)
Where this data comes from
- Version, last update, installs: wordpress.org/plugins/rss-feed-widget (Plugins API), fetched 2026-11-04.
- Vulnerabilities: NIST National Vulnerability Database (NVD), checked 2026-11-04. This product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.
- Each record links to its CVE page and to the original advisory (Wordfence, Patchstack or WPScan) where there is one. We only list a CVE here when its references or its advisory name this exact plugin, so a few real issues may be missing; none should be about a different plugin. Spot an error? Email Daniel.
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