CVE-2025-54875 | FreshRSS is a free, self-hostable RSS aggregator. In version… | CVSS 9.8 CRITICAL

Description

FreshRSS is a free, self-hostable RSS aggregator. In versions 1.16.0 and above through 1.26.3, an unprivileged attacker can create a new admin user when registration is enabled through the use of a hidden field used only in the user management admin page, new_user_is_admin. This is fixed in version 1.27.0.

Metadata

CVE ID: CVE-2025-54875
State: PUBLISHED
Assigner: GitHub_M
Reserved: 2025-07-31 17:23 UTC
Published: 2025-09-29 21:29 UTC
Last updated: 2025-09-30 14:55 UTC
Primary CWE: CWE-284
CWE-284: Improper Access Control
Vendor / Product: FreshRSS / FreshRSS
Sources: cve.org · NVD

Severity & Metrics

9.8 CRITICAL CVSS 3.1

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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Exploitation: PoC
Automatable: yes
Tech. Impact: total

Affected products (1)

Vendor	Product	Platform	Versions
FreshRSS	FreshRSS	—	>= 1.16.0, < 1.27.0

Weakness (CWE)

CWE	Source	Description
CWE-284	cna	CWE-284: Improper Access Control

CVSS scores (1)

Score	Severity	Version	Source	Vector
9.8	CRITICAL	3.1	cna	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References (3)

https://github.com/FreshRSS/FreshRSS/security/advisories/GHSA-h625-ghr3-jppq https://github.com/FreshRSS/FreshRSS/security/advisories/GHSA-h625-ghr3-jppq
https://github.com/FreshRSS/FreshRSS/pull/7783 https://github.com/FreshRSS/FreshRSS/pull/7783
https://github.com/FreshRSS/FreshRSS/releases/tag/1.27.0 https://github.com/FreshRSS/FreshRSS/releases/tag/1.27.0