Insecure file access in FreshRSS
CVE-2022-23497

6.5MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor

Freshrss

Status
Freshrss
Vendor
CVE Published:
9 December 2022

What is CVE-2022-23497?

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.

Affected Version(s)

FreshRSS >= 1.18.0, < 1.20.2

References

https://github.com/FreshRSS/FreshRSS/security/advisories/...
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https://github.com/FreshRSS/FreshRSS/pull/4928
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https://github.com/FreshRSS/FreshRSS/releases/tag/1.20.2
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CVSS V3.1

Score:
6.5
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
Low
Integrity:
None
Availability:
Low
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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