CVE-2011-0740 EXPLOIT
4.3
MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 4.7% (pctl 91)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in magpie/scripts/magpie_slashbox.php in RSS Feed Reader 0.1 for WordPress allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the rss_url parameter.
Scoring
| CVSS | 4.3 (MEDIUM, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
| EPSS | 4.66% — more likely to be exploited than 91% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-79 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2011-02-02 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (2)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| pleer | rss feed reader |
| wordpress | wordpress |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | WordPress Plugin RSS Feed Reader 0.1 - 'rss_url' Cross-Site Scripting | 2011-01-23 |
References
- http://osvdb.org/70644
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43071
- http://www.autosectools.com/Advisories/WordPress.RSS.Feed.Reader.for.WordPress.0.1_Reflected.Cross-site.Scripting_82.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45997
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/64949
- http://osvdb.org/70644
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43071
- http://www.autosectools.com/Advisories/WordPress.RSS.Feed.Reader.for.WordPress.0.1_Reflected.Cross-site.Scripting_82.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45997
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/64949
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