Freshrss
CVE-2025-61586
MEDIUM
Vulnerability Assessment
| Weakness |
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A01:2025 - Broken Access Control
ASVS 5.0
V5 - File Handling Path canonicalization, traversal prevention
MITRE ATT&CK
2 techniques across 2 tactics: Discovery, Collection The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. |
| Impact | CVSS score of 6.9 (MEDIUM). Attack characteristics: network attack vector, low complexity, no privileges required, no user interaction not required. Public proof-of-concept exploit code is available. EPSS exploitation probability: 0.09%. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | A remote attacker could access files and directories outside the intended path by sending crafted requests to the affected application. No authentication is required to exploit this vulnerability. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Mar 28, 2026
FreshRSS is a free, self-hostable RSS aggregator. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.9), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available.
RemediationAI
A vendor patch is available. Apply the latest security update as soon as possible. Validate and canonicalize file paths. Use chroot or sandboxing. Reject input containing path separators or '../' sequences.
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Technical ContextAI · show details
This vulnerability is classified as Path Traversal (CWE-22), which allows attackers to access files and directories outside the intended path. FreshRSS is a free, self-hostable RSS aggregator. Versions 1.26.3 and below are vulnerable to directory enumeration by setting path in theme field, allowing attackers to gain additional information about the server by checking if certain directories exist. This issue is fixed in version 1.27.0. Affected products include: Freshrss. Version information: version 1.27.0..
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CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Primary rating from GitHub Advisory · only source for this CVE.
CVSS VectorGitHub Advisory
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3DescriptionGitHub Advisory
FreshRSS is a free, self-hostable RSS aggregator. Versions 1.26.3 and below are vulnerable to directory enumeration by setting path in theme field, allowing attackers to gain additional information about the server by checking if certain directories exist. This issue is fixed in version 1.27.0.
Executive ViewAI
Organizations using FreshRSS should be aware of notable risk from CVE-2025-61586, a path traversal vulnerability rated CVSS 6.9. This could allow unauthorized file access. Proof-of-concept code is publicly available. A patch is available and should be applied during regular vulnerability management.
Apply vendor patch. If patching is delayed: restrict file access via WAF, implement allowlists.
Threat Intelligence Overview
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Attack Technique
Path traversal exploits occur when applications use user-controlled input to construct file system paths without proper validation.
Affected Products (CPE)GitHub Advisory
FreshRSS versions prior to 1.26.2 suffer from an information disclosure vulnerability that allows unauthenticated remote
Denial of service in FreshRSS 1.27.0 through versions before 1.28.0 lets a remote, unauthenticated attacker who controls
Path traversal in FreshRSS 1.23.0 through 1.27.0 lets an authenticated low-privilege user expose and invoke the installe
Critical authentication bypass vulnerability in FreshRSS versions prior to 1.26.2 that allows authenticated attackers to
FreshRSS is a self-hosted RSS feed aggregator. Prior to version 1.26.2, HTML is sanitized improperly inside the `<iframe
FreshRSS is a self-hosted RSS feed aggregator. Prior to version 1.26.2, it's possible to run arbitrary JavaScript on the
Forced session termination in FreshRSS versions prior to 1.27.1 allows an attacker-controlled web page to log out an aut
FreshRSS is a self-hosted RSS feed aggregator. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability is low attack comple
A security vulnerability in FreshRSS (CVSS 4.3). Risk factors: public PoC available. Vendor patch is available.
FreshRSS is a self-hosted RSS feed aggregator. A vulnerability in versions prior to 1.26.2 causes a user to be repeatedl
self-hostable RSS aggregator. versions up to 1.28.0 is affected by improper access control (CVSS 7.5).
FreshRSS is a free, self-hostable RSS aggregator. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploit
GitHub PoC
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