CVE-2023-22481

MEDIUM

Freshrss < 1.21.0 - Log Information Exposure

Title source: rule
STIX 2.1

Description

FreshRSS is a self-hosted RSS feed aggregator. When using the greader API, the provided password is logged in clear in `users/_/log_api.txt` in the case where the authentication fails. The issues occurs in `authorizationToUser()` in `greader.php`. If there is an issue with the request or the credentials, `unauthorized()` or `badRequest()` is called. Both these functions are printing the return of `debugInfo()` in the logs. `debugInfo()` will return the content of the request. By default, this will be saved in `users/_/log_api.txt` and if the const `COPY_LOG_TO_SYSLOG` is true, in syslogs as well. Exploiting this issue requires having access to logs produced by FreshRSS. Using the information from the logs, a malicious individual could get users' API keys (would be displayed if the users fills in a bad username) or passwords.

Scores

CVSS v3 4.0
EPSS 0.0005
EPSS Percentile 14.8%
Attack Vector ADJACENT_NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-532
Status published
Products (1)
freshrss/freshrss 1.9.0 - 1.21.0
Published Mar 06, 2023
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026