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TI-2025-38485 Aliases CVE-2025-62166

FreshRSS has an IDOR which allows for viewing feeds of any user and leaking tokens

Priority HIGH 72CWE-284Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Security bypass
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · None · None
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-284.

Summary

FreshRSS is a free, self-hostable RSS aggregator. Prior 1.28.0, a bug in the auth logic related to master authentication tokens, this restriction is bypassed. Usually only the default user's feed should be viewable if anonymous viewing is enabled, and feeds of other users should be private. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.28.0.

Why it matters now

Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00432 37th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix Fixed FreshRSS (FreshRSS): 1.28.0

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

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
FreshRSSFreshRSSbefore 1.28.01.28.0Patch availableCNA
  • FreshRSS VendorFreshRSS Affected before 1.28.0 Fixed in 1.28.0 Patch available CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:freshrss:freshrss:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 1.28.0VulnerableFreshRSS
  • cpe:2.3:a:freshrss:freshrss:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 1.28.0 Vulnerable ·FreshRSS

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA FreshRSS (FreshRSS) Fixed in 1.28.0

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-62166

References

Exploit 1

Patch 2

Other 1

  • 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-2025-34362 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
  • TI-2025-35981 FreshRSS vulnerable to authenticated RCE via path traversal inside include() CVSS 4.0HIGH 7.4
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Sources

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