What is CVE-2011-0740?

CVE-2011-0740 is a vulnerability in Pleer Rss Feed Reader, classified under Cross-site Scripting. Published 2011-02-02.

Is CVE-2011-0740 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

XSS in Pleer Rss Feed Reader

CVE-2011-0740

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.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2011-02-02 · last modified 2026-06-16.

CVSS v2 metric

CVSS v2 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.047 (91.4th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 91st percentile — 91.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.047 · newest: 0.047 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Pleer Rss Feed Reader — versions 0.1
WordPress

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

20142995/nuclei-templates

References

exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/64949 (vdb-entry)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/45997 (Exploit, vdb-entry)
www.autosectools.com/Advisories/WordPress.RSS.Feed.Reader.for.WordPress.0.1_Ref… (Exploit)
osvdb.org/70644 (Exploit, vdb-entry)
secunia.com/advisories/43071 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2011-0740?: CVE-2011-0740 is a vulnerability in Pleer Rss Feed Reader, classified under Cross-site Scripting. Published 2011-02-02.
Is CVE-2011-0740 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.