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.
Published: 2025-09-29
Score: 9.8 Critical
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Remediation

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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2025-31652 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.
History

Fri, 03 Oct 2025 16:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses NVD-CWE-noinfo
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:freshrss:freshrss:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Tue, 30 Sep 2025 15:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Tue, 30 Sep 2025 09:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Freshrss
Freshrss freshrss
Vendors & Products Freshrss
Freshrss freshrss

Mon, 29 Sep 2025 21:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
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.
Title FreshRSS: Unauthorized creation of admin user when registration is enabled
Weaknesses CWE-284
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 9.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}


Subscriptions

Freshrss Freshrss
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2025-09-30T14:55:56.331Z

Reserved: 2025-07-31T17:23:33.474Z

Link: CVE-2025-54875

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-09-30T14:55:52.783Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2025-09-29T22:15:36.307

Modified: 2025-10-03T15:59:35.287

Link: CVE-2025-54875

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2025-09-30T08:47:36Z

Weaknesses