---
id: CVE-2026-89003
title: >-
  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 …
summary: >-
  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 …
severity: medium
cvss: 4.1
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N'
cwe:
  - CWE-918
product: WPeMatico RSS Feed Fetcher
affected:
  - wpematico_rss_feed_fetcher < 2.8.27
published: '2026-09-27'
updated: '2026-09-28'
sourceUpdated: '2026-09-28T16:38:58.950'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-89003'
references:
  - url: 'https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/9b891cf0-c663-48ae-adf4-4693b46d0529/'
    label: contact@wpscan.com
tags:
  - nvd
  - cve.org
ssvc:
  exploitation: none
  automatable: 'no'
  technicalImpact: partial
  timestamp: '2026-09-28T00:39:04.907208Z'
ingestedAt: '2026-09-27T06:43:46.831Z'
epss: 0.00174
epssPercentile: 0.06826
---

## Overview

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.

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.