CVE-2025-54875

Published: Sep 29, 2025Modified: Oct 3, 2025

9.8

Vector

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

Exploitability: 3.9 / Impact: 5.9

Source: security-advisories@github.com (Secondary)

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.

Affected (1)

Products: Freshrss: Freshrss

1 product

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Freshrss Freshrss	From 1.16.0 to 1.27.0

Related CWEs

Improper Access Control

The product does not restrict or incorrectly restricts access to a resource from an unauthorized actor.

References (4)

https://github.com/FreshRSS/FreshRSS/pull/7783

Source: security-advisories@github.com

Patch

https://github.com/FreshRSS/FreshRSS/releases/tag/1.27.0

Source: security-advisories@github.com

Release Notes

https://github.com/FreshRSS/FreshRSS/security/advisories/GHSA-h625-ghr3-jppq

Source: security-advisories@github.com

ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVendor Advisory

https://github.com/FreshRSS/FreshRSS/security/advisories/GHSA-h625-ghr3-jppq

Source: 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVendor Advisory

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