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WPeMatico EUVDEUVD-2026-41348

| CVE-2026-57349 HIGH
Cross-site Scripting (XSS) (CWE-79)
2026-07-02 Patchstack GHSA-r6pv-mx9m-vf24
7.1
CVSS 3.1 · Vendor: Patchstack
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Vendor (Patchstack) PRIMARY
7.1 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
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7.1 HIGH

Unauthenticated network XSS needing victim interaction (UI:R), with cross-context script execution (S:C) yielding limited C/I/A impact, matching a reflected/stored XSS profile.

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

Primary rating from Vendor (Patchstack).

CVSS VectorVendor: Patchstack

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

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Analysis Generated
Jul 02, 2026 - 12:14 vuln.today

DescriptionCVE.org

Unauthenticated Cross Site Scripting (XSS) in WPeMatico RSS Feed Fetcher <= 2.8.17 versions.

AnalysisAI

Stored/reflected Cross-Site Scripting in the WPeMatico RSS Feed Fetcher WordPress plugin (versions 2.8.17 and earlier) allows unauthenticated remote attackers to inject malicious script that executes in the browser of a victim who interacts with crafted content. The CVSS:3.1 vector (AV:N/PR:N/UI:R/S:C) indicates network-reachable, no-authentication exploitation with a scope change, meaning injected script can affect the wider WordPress context beyond the vulnerable component. No public exploit identified at time of analysis, and the flaw is not listed in CISA KEV; EPSS data was not provided.

Technical ContextAI

WPeMatico (vendor 'etruel', CPE cpe:2.3:a:etruel:wpematico_rss_feed_fetcher) is a WordPress auto-blogging plugin that fetches RSS/Atom feeds and imports their items into WordPress posts. The vulnerability is CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation), the root class for Cross-Site Scripting, where attacker-controllable input is rendered into an HTML page without sufficient output encoding or input sanitization. Because RSS feed fetchers ingest and re-render remote, attacker-influenceable content (feed titles, item bodies, links), a common XSS vector is unsanitized feed data or unsanitized request parameters being echoed into an admin or public page. The scope change (S:C) in the CVSS vector is consistent with script from the plugin's component executing in the broader WordPress site security context.

RemediationAI

Update the WPeMatico RSS Feed Fetcher plugin to the version released after 2.8.17 (the fixed release above 2.8.17 per the Patchstack advisory at https://patchstack.com/database/wordpress/plugin/wpematico/vulnerability/wordpress-wpematico-rss-feed-fetcher-plugin-2-8-17-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability); no exact fixed version number was included in the provided data, so confirm the patched release directly from the vendor/Patchstack advisory before deploying. Because a released patched version is not independently confirmed here, treat this as: apply the vendor update as soon as the fixed version is verified. If immediate patching is not possible, compensating controls include placing a Web Application Firewall or virtual patch (Patchstack/Wordfence rules) in front of the site to filter XSS payloads, restricting access to the plugin's admin/settings pages to trusted IPs, and being cautious with untrusted RSS feed sources the plugin ingests; the trade-off is that WAF rules can be bypassed by novel encodings and IP restrictions do not stop payloads delivered through fetched feed content.

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