CVE-2025-68148

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 v3 4.3 MEDIUM

4.3^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 1.4

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact LOW

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://github.com/FreshRSS/FreshRSS/commit/7d4854a0a4f5665db599f18c34035786465639f3	Patch
https://github.com/FreshRSS/FreshRSS/pull/8029	Issue Tracking
https://github.com/FreshRSS/FreshRSS/security/advisories/GHSA-qw34-frg7-gf78	Exploit Patch Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/FreshRSS/FreshRSS/security/advisories/GHSA-qw34-frg7-gf78	Exploit Patch Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:freshrss:freshrss:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2025-12-27 00:15

Updated : 2025-12-31 21:16

NVD link : CVE-2025-68148

Mitre link : CVE-2025-68148

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2025-68148

JSON object : View

Products Affected

freshrss

freshrss

CWE

CWE-770

Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

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