The Scratch Channel's Publish Articles POST Request Can Upload Articles Without Validation
Priority HIGH 77CWE-20Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · High · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
The Scratch Channel is a news website. In versions 1 and 1.1, a POST request to the endpoint used to publish articles, can be used to post an article in any category with any date, regardless of who's logged in. This issue has been patched in version 1.2.
Why it matters now
Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00322 25th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed tsc-web-client (The-Scratch-Channel): 1.2
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- Automatable
- Yes
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The-Scratch-Channel | tsc-web-client | 1 to before 1.2 | 1.2 | Patch available | CNA |
- tsc-web-client VendorThe-Scratch-Channel Affected 1 to before 1.2 Fixed in 1.2 Patch available CNA
Remediation
- Fix · CNA tsc-web-client (The-Scratch-Channel) Fixed in 1.2
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-57805
References
More The-Scratch-Channel vulnerabilities
- TI-2025-33776 The Scratch Channel Has Potential Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability CVSS 4.0LOW 1.3
- TI-2025-36969 The Scratch Channel forks can publish articles CVSS 4.0HIGH 7.2
- TI-2025-34957 The Scratch Channel Allows Username Modification CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.7
- TI-2025-33777 The Scratch Channel Has Potential Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability CVSS 4.0LOW 1.3
Sources
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