FreshRSS vulnerable to DoS by malicious feed entry loading logout URL
Priority MEDIUM 53CWE-352Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Tampering
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · Low
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-352.
Summary
FreshRSS is a self-hosted RSS feed aggregator. A vulnerability in versions prior to 1.26.2 causes a user to be repeatedly logged out after fetching a malicious feed entry, effectively causing that user to suffer denial of service. Version 1.26.2 contains a patch for the issue.
Why it matters now
Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00184 8th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix Fixed FreshRSS (FreshRSS): 1.26.2
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA FreshRSS (FreshRSS) Fixed in 1.26.2
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-31482
References
More Freshrss vulnerabilities
- TI-2025-34609 FreshRSS: Unauthorized creation of admin user when registration is enabled CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2025-34363 FreshRSS has Incomplete Session Termination on Logout CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.8
- TI-2025-38485 FreshRSS has an IDOR which allows for viewing feeds of any user and leaking tokens CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2025-34362 FreshRSS: Unauthenticated users can view default user's information CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2025-38032 FreshRSS is vulnerable to directory enumeration by setting path in its theme field CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 6.9
- TI-2025-37337 FreshRSS has Logout CSRF that Leads to DoS via <track src> CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
Sources
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