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Feedzy RSS Aggregator CVE-2025-11128

MEDIUM
Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) (CWE-918)
2025-10-23 security@wordfence.com
5.0
CVSS 3.1 · Vendor: wordfence
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Attack ChainAIDerived

Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain

  1. Access
    Obtain Subscriber-level account
  2. Exploit
    Submit crafted feed URL to feedzy_sanitize_feeds
  3. Execution
    Server fetches attacker-controlled internal URL
  4. Impact
    Exfiltrate internal service responses

Vulnerability Assessment

Weakness
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A01:2025 - Broken Access Control
ASVS 5.0
V4 - API and Web Service URL allowlisting, SSRF prevention
MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques across 2 tactics: Initial Access, Credential Access

The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up.

Exploitation Conditions

Exploitation requires an authenticated account with Subscriber-level privileges or above (PR:L) on a WordPress site running the Feedzy RSS Aggregator plugin version ≤5.1.0, and the ability to reach the feed-processing path that calls 'feedzy_sanitize_feeds'. The practical blast radius depends on what internal services are reachable from the web server (e.g., cloud metadata services, intranet hosts); the attack is remote and needs no user interaction, but is limited to confidentiality (reading responses from internal targets) with no integrity or availability impact. Sites that disable self-registration meaningfully raise the barrier since the attacker must first acquire a low-privilege account.

Impact

The provided CVSS 3.1 vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N, 5.0 MEDIUM) describes a network-exploitable SSRF that requires only Subscriber-level authentication (PR:L) and no user interaction, with a scope change (S:C) reflecting that the vulnerable web app is coerced into reaching other systems, but limited confidentiality-only impact (C:L) and no integrity/availability effect. EPSS is low at 0.29% (20th percentile), there is no CISA KEV listing, and no public exploit code is referenced - so this is a real but moderate-priority issue rather than an urgent one. The signals are internally consistent: a self-reported Wordfence finding with a patch (changeset 3378828) and no evidence of active exploitation, meaning the practical risk is bounded by the need for an attacker to first obtain a Subscriber account (trivial on sites with open registration, impossible on those that disable it). The main value of SSRF here is internal reconnaissance / querying internal services (e.g., cloud metadata endpoints, intranet hosts), which can be a stepping-stone but by itself only yields C:L. No key data is missing or contradictory; the CVSS network vector matches the description of an authenticated remote web request.

Exploit ScenarioDerived

An attacker registers or obtains a Subscriber-level account on a WordPress site running Feedzy ≤5.1.0, then invokes the feed-handling functionality so that 'feedzy_sanitize_feeds' fetches an attacker-supplied URL. By pointing it at internal addresses (e.g., http://169.254.169.254/ cloud metadata or internal service endpoints), the attacker makes the server issue requests to otherwise unreachable internal resources and reads returned information. No public proof-of-concept is referenced, so exploitation would require an attacker to craft the request from the documented function behavior.

This Month Plan within 30 days. Why: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9).
No patch listed yet 0.3% exploitation probability (EPSS)

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AnalysisAIv1 – Oct 01, 2026

Server-side request forgery in the Feedzy RSS Aggregator plugin for WordPress (all versions up to and including 5.1.0) allows an authenticated attacker with Subscriber-level access or above to point the plugin's feed-sanitization routine at arbitrary URLs, causing the web server to fetch internal-only hosts, intranet services, or cloud metadata endpoints on their behalf. The flaw is remote and requires no user interaction, and it carries a scope change because the vulnerable application is used as a proxy into other systems, but the consequence is confidentiality-only - reading responses from reachable internal targets - with no integrity or availability effect. No public exploit code has been identified at time of analysis and EPSS is 0.29% (20th percentile), so opportunistic mass exploitation is unlikely; the practical barrier is that an attacker must first obtain a low-privilege account, which sites with open self-registration effectively hand out.

RemediationAI

Upgrade the Feedzy RSS Aggregator plugin above version 5.1.0 - the fix is published in the plugin repository as changeset 3378828, so update to the latest available release from the WordPress plugin directory (or your managed-plugin feed) and confirm the installed version is no longer 5.1.0 or earlier; because the input data pinpoints a code changeset rather than a tagged release, verify the patched version number against the plugin's changelog before closing the finding, as the released patched version is not independently confirmed here. If immediate upgrading is not possible, apply compensating controls: restrict who can reach the feed-import/feed-block functionality by removing or narrowing the capabilities that Subscriber-level users need to trigger 'feedzy_sanitize_feeds' (trade-off: may disable legitimate feed-to-post automation for those roles), disable or deactivate the plugin until patched (trade-off: full loss of feed aggregation), and - most effectively against SSRF fallout - enforce outbound egress filtering from the web server so requests to RFC1918/private ranges, loopback, and the cloud metadata address 169.254.169.254 are blocked (trade-off: legitimate feeds hosted on internal networks will stop importing, and egress rules must be maintained per host). On cloud hosts, additionally require IMDSv2 and, where supported, disable instance metadata access from the application tier; and audit/disable open self-registration so attackers cannot cheaply obtain the Subscriber account the exploit requires. Refer to the Wordfence advisory for the coordinator's guidance and the Trac changeset for the precise code fix.

Affected ProductsAI

The affected product is the WordPress plugin 'RSS Aggregator by Feedzy - Feed to Post, Autoblogging, News & YouTube Video Feeds Aggregator' (slug feedzy-rss-feeds), covering all releases up to and including version 5.1.0; no CPE identifiers were supplied in the source data. Any WordPress installation running Feedzy 5.1.0 or earlier with the plugin active - particularly sites that permit self-registration or that host many Subscriber-level accounts - is exposed. The upstream fix lands in the plugin repository changeset 3378828 (https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3378828/), and the vulnerable code locations are documented in the plugin's Gutenberg block file (https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/feedzy-rss-feeds/trunk/includes/gutenberg/feedzy-rss-feeds-gutenberg-block.php#L280, #L309, #L336, #L399). Vendor/coordinator detail is available at the Wordfence advisory (https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/c33ec58f-3e83-425a-9f0f-5e529be15e05?source=cve).

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Technical ContextAI · show details

Feedzy is a WordPress autoblogging/feed-to-post plugin that imports remote RSS, Atom, and YouTube feeds by having the server issue outbound HTTP requests. CVE-2025-11128 is a classic CWE-918 Server-Side Request Forgery in the 'feedzy_sanitize_feeds' function: user-influenced feed URLs are not validated against a destination allowlist or against private, loopback, and link-local address ranges before the request is made, so the server can be coerced into contacting resources it would not otherwise reach. The vulnerable code paths sit in the plugin's Gutenberg block integration (includes/gutenberg/feedzy-rss-feeds-gutenberg-block.php, around lines 280, 309, 336 and 399 per the Trac references), meaning the SSRF is triggered through normal feed-block/feed-import handling rather than an obscure administrative action. The CVSS 3.1 vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N) confirms the key characteristics: the attack is network-reachable, low complexity, requires only low privileges (PR:L, i.e. Subscriber or higher on the WordPress site), needs no user interaction, and the S:C scope change reflects that the web application is leveraged to affect components beyond its own security authority. Impact is limited to confidentiality (C:L) - typically reading internal HTTP responses, service banners, or cloud instance metadata - with no write or denial-of-service primitive, and the Wordfence attribution indicates the issue was reported through their vulnerability disclosure program.

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Severity by source

Vendor (wordfence) PRIMARY 5.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N
vuln.today AI 5.0 MEDIUM

Authenticated Subscriber (PR:L) remote SSRF with scope change (S:C) reaching internal systems; confidentiality-only (C:L), no integrity/availability impact.

3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N
4.0 AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:N/SA:N

Primary rating from Vendor (wordfence).

CVSS VectorVendor: wordfence

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
None
Availability
None

DescriptionCVE.org

The RSS Aggregator by Feedzy - Feed to Post, Autoblogging, News & YouTube Video Feeds Aggregator plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Server-Side Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 5.1.0 via the 'feedzy_sanitize_feeds' function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to make web requests to arbitrary locations originating from the web application and can be used to query information from internal services.

Threat Intelligence Overview

EPSS Score
0.3%
Top 80% exploitable
Prevalence
High
very popular WordPress feed-aggregation plugin, large install base
Data Quality
4 sources
Confidence: Medium

How this decision was reached

The engine reads each signal below and applies a fixed list of rules from top to bottom. The first rule that matches sets the recommended action – like a statement, every line is shown.

SignalValue
Severity MEDIUM
CISA KEV No
Public POC No
EPSS 0.3%
Patch available No
Active threat No
Deciding rule
MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9)
What every action level means
Emergency Immediate action required. Criteria: CRITICAL + in CISA KEV (actively exploited) without patch, OR CRITICAL + EPSS > 30% without patch, OR CRITICAL + active threat signals without patch.
Act Now Prioritize within 24-48h. Criteria: in KEV with patch available, OR CRITICAL + public POC, OR HIGH + EPSS > 10%, OR CRITICAL + active threat, OR any CRITICAL severity.
This Week Schedule remediation this week. Criteria: HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9). Patch within normal change window.
This Month Plan within 30 days. Criteria: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9), lower exploitation probability. Include in regular patch cycle.
Monitor Track and reassess. Criteria: LOW severity (CVSS 0.1-3.9), minimal exploitation risk. No immediate action needed.

SSVC AssessmentENISA

SSVC Decision· derived
Scheduled
Exploitation· derived
None
System Exposure· derived
Open
Automatable· derived
No
Human Impact· derived
Medium

Priority Score

25
Low Medium High Critical
KEV: 0
EPSS: 0
CVSS: +25
PoC: 0
Weaponized: 0
Threat intel: 0
Gov advisory: 0

Attack Technique

Server-Side Request Forgery exploits applications that fetch remote resources based on user-supplied URLs.

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