CVE-2022-23497

MEDIUM

FreshRSS 1.18.0-1.20.1 - Unauthenticated Exposure of Sensitive Information via Configuration File Access

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

FreshRSS is a free, self-hostable RSS aggregator. User configuration files can be accessed by a remote user. In addition to user preferences, such configurations contain hashed passwords (brypt with cost 9, salted) of FreshRSS Web interface. If the API is used, the configuration might contain a hashed password (brypt with cost 9, salted) of the GReader API, and a hashed password (MD5 salted) of the Fever API. Users should update to version 1.20.2 or edge. Users unable to upgrade can apply the patch manually or delete the file `./FreshRSS/p/ext.php`.

References (3)

Core 3
Core References
Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/FreshRSS/FreshRSS/pull/4928
Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/FreshRSS/FreshRSS/releases/tag/1.20.2

Scores

CVSS v3 6.5
EPSS 0.0084
EPSS Percentile 53.2%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable yes
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-200
Status published
Products (1)
freshrss/freshrss 1.18.0 - 1.20.2
Published Dec 09, 2022
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026