How severe is CVE-2026-1216?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.2 out of 10.

XSS in Rebelcode Rss Aggregator – Import, News Feeds, Feed To Post, And Autoblogging

CVE-2026-1216

The RSS Aggregator plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via the 'template' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 5.0.10 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that execute if they can successfully trick a user into performing an action such as clicking on a link.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.002 (14.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.2 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Rebelcode Rss Aggregator – Import, News Feeds, Feed To Post, And Autoblogging — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-1216?: CVE-2026-1216 is a high-severity vulnerability in Rebelcode Rss Aggregator – Import, News Feeds, Feed To Post, And Autoblogging, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 7.2/10. Published 2026-02-17.
How severe is CVE-2026-1216?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.2 out of 10.