CVE-2025-46341

Privilege escalation via SSRF when using HTTP auth

HIGH
7.1
CVSS Score
Published: June 4, 2025 at 08:09 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 09:26 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorFreshRSS

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Severity
HIGH7.1
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.5%
SSVC
PoC

Description

FreshRSS is a self-hosted RSS feed aggregator. Prior to version 1.26.2, when the server is using HTTP auth via reverse proxy, it's possible to impersonate any user either via the `Remote-User` header or the `X-WebAuth-User` header by making specially crafted requests via the add feed functionality and obtaining the CSRF token via XPath scraping. The attacker has to know the IP address of the proxied FreshRSS instance and the admin's username, while also having an account on the instance. An attacker can send specially crafted requests in order to gain unauthorized access to internal services. This can also lead to privilege escalation like in the demonstrated scenario, although users that have setup OIDC are not affected by privilege escalation. Version 1.26.2 contains a patch for the issue.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v < 1.26.2
Affected range stops below 1.26.2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCPoCNot automatablePartial impact

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CVSS

7.1HIGHGitHub_M
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
HIGH
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
LOW
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusANALYZED
CWE
CWE-918

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