1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/plugins/RssWidget/RssRenderer.php b/plugins/RssWidget/RssRenderer.php
index ca00fb7730..d512585fc6 100644
--- a/plugins/RssWidget/RssRenderer.php
+++ b/plugins/RssWidget/RssRenderer.php
@@ -56,7 +56,11 @@ class RssRenderer
         if (!$output) {
             try {
                 $content = Http::fetchRemoteFile($this->url);
-                $rss = simplexml_load_string($content);
+
+                $rss = @simplexml_load_string($content);
+                if ($rss === false) {
+                    throw new \Exception("Failed to parse XML.");
+                }
             } catch (\Exception $e) {
                 throw new \Exception("Error while importing feed: {$e->getMessage()}\n");
             }