cve/2024/CVE-2024-9836.md

### [CVE-2024-9836](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2024-9836)
![](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Product&message=RSS%20Feed%20Widget&color=blue)
![](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Version&message=0%3C%203.0.0%20&color=brighgreen)
![](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Vulnerability&message=CWE-79%20Cross-Site%20Scripting%20(XSS)&color=brighgreen)

### Description

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.

### POC

#### Reference
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/f87af54e-3e58-4c29-8a30-e7d52234c9d4/

#### Github
No PoCs found on GitHub currently.