CVE-2025-68148
From version 1.27.0 to before 1.28.0, An attacker could globally deny access to feeds via proxy modifying to 429 Retry-After for a large list of feeds on given instance, making it unusable for majority of users.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.47%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
FreshRSS is a free, self-hostable RSS aggregator. From version 1.27.0 to before 1.28.0, An attacker could globally deny access to feeds via proxy modifying to 429 Retry-After for a large list of feeds on given instance, making it unusable for majority of users. This issue has been patched in version 1.28.0.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.47% probability · 39th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-770
- Affected
- freshrss/freshrss
- Source
- security-advisories@github.com
References
- https://github.com/FreshRSS/FreshRSS/commit/7d4854a0a4f5665db599f18c34035786465639f3Patch
- https://github.com/FreshRSS/FreshRSS/pull/8029Issue Tracking
- https://github.com/FreshRSS/FreshRSS/security/advisories/GHSA-qw34-frg7-gf78Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/FreshRSS/FreshRSS/security/advisories/GHSA-qw34-frg7-gf78Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.