CVE-2025-54875 (GCVE-0-2025-54875)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-09-29 21:29 – Updated: 2025-09-30 14:55
VLAI
Title
FreshRSS: Unauthorized creation of admin user when registration is enabled
Summary
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.
Severity
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: poc Automatable: yes Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-09-30 14:55 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-284 - Improper Access Control
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
FreshRSS FreshRSS Affected: >= 1.16.0, < 1.27.0
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