CVE-2026-1216 (GCVE-0-2026-1216)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-02-17 09:26 – Updated: 2026-02-17 14:31
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Title
RSS Aggregator <= 5.0.10 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via 'template' Parameter
Summary
The RSS Aggregator plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via the 'template' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 5.0.10 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that execute if they can successfully trick a user into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
Severity ?
7.2 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
rebelcode RSS Aggregator – RSS Import, News Feeds, Feed to Post, and Autoblogging Affected: * , ≤ 5.0.10 (semver)
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Credits
D.Sim
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