CVE-2024-53718
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedCross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in Eric Teubert Multi Feed Reader multi-feed-reader allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Multi Feed Reader: from n/a through <= 2.2.4.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · moderate confidenceCross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the Multi Feed Reader WordPress plugin (versions <= 2.2.4) allows unauthenticated attackers to trick authenticated administrators into submitting malicious requests that inject and store XSS payloads into the application. The lack of proper anti-CSRF token validation on form submissions enables stored XSS attacks.
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CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Scope
- Changed
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Verify Multi Feed Reader plugin is installedCheck the WordPress plugins directory (wp-content/plugins/) for a folder named 'multi-feed-reader' or use WP-CLI: wp plugin list --status=active --format=csv | findstr multi-feed-readerAffected if The plugin folder exists in the plugins directory or appears in the plugin list
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Determine installed plugin versionIn WordPress admin, go to Plugins > Installed Plugins and locate Multi Feed Reader to view the version number, or inspect the plugin header in wp-content/plugins/multi-feed-reader/[main-file].php for 'Version:' tagAffected if Version number is 2.2.4 or lower (any version up to and including 2.2.4)
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Confirm plugin is activeIn WordPress admin, verify the Multi Feed Reader plugin shows as 'Active' under Plugins > Installed Plugins, or run: wp plugin is-active multi-feed-readerAffected if Plugin is activated and accessible via the WordPress admin interface
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Check for CSRF protection on plugin admin formsAccess the plugin admin settings page (typically under Settings > Multi Feed Reader or a dedicated admin menu item), then view the page source or intercept the form submission to inspect if a CSRF token field (such as wpnonce or _wpnonce) is present in the form HTMLAffected if No CSRF token or nonce field is found in the plugin's admin forms submitted via POST requests
If the Multi Feed Reader plugin is installed at version 2.2.4 or lower and lacks CSRF token validation on its admin forms, the environment is affected by this vulnerability.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataImplement anti-CSRF tokens on all form submissions and admin actions, combined with proper input sanitization and output encoding to prevent stored XSS. Users should update to a patched version when available.
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- Review / QA2.0 h
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The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
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- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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