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WPeMatico RSS Feed Fetcher vulnerability

The WPeMatico RSS Feed Fetcher WordPress plugin before 2.8.27 does not perform a capability check before fetching a user-supplied URL and rendering the response, allowing users with contributor-level access and above to force the server to issue requests to internal-only hosts and read the responses back.

Published 27 Sep 2026Updated 28 Sep 20261 sources
CVSS 4.1
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What happened

The WPeMatico RSS Feed Fetcher WordPress plugin before 2.8.27 does not perform a capability check before fetching a user-supplied URL and rendering the response, allowing users with contributor-level access and above to force the server to issue requests to internal-only hosts and read the responses back.

Affected versions

WPeMatico RSS Feed Fetcher: before 2.8.27 (semver) Fixed: See vendor advisory.

Why it matters

Review the vendor advisory and exposure of the affected product to determine operational impact.

Detection & mitigation

  • Apply vendor-provided updates or mitigations.
  • Review affected product exposure and access logs.

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