CVE-2025-31134

FreshRSS is a self-hosted RSS feed aggregator. Prior to version 1.26.2, an attacker can gain additional information about the server by checking if certain directories exist. An attacker can, for example, check if older PHP versions are installed or if certain software is installed on the server and potentially use that information to further attack the server. Version 1.26.2 contains a patch for the issue.

Weakness

The code transmits data to another actor, but a portion of the data includes sensitive information that should not be accessible to that actor.

Affected Software

Potential Mitigations

• Compartmentalize the system to have “safe” areas where trust boundaries can be unambiguously drawn. Do not allow sensitive data to go outside of the trust boundary and always be careful when interfacing with a compartment outside of the safe area.
• Ensure that appropriate compartmentalization is built into the system design, and the compartmentalization allows for and reinforces privilege separation functionality. Architects and designers should rely on the principle of least privilege to decide the appropriate time to use privileges and the time to drop privileges.

Related Attack Patterns

• https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/12.html
• https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/217.html
• https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/612.html
• https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/613.html
• https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/618.html
• https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/619.html
• https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/621.html
• https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/622.html
• https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/623.html

References

• https://github.com/FreshRSS/FreshRSS/commit/4568111c00813756a3a34a381d684b8354fc4438
• https://github.com/FreshRSS/FreshRSS/security/advisories/GHSA-jjm2-4hf7-9x65
• https://github.com/FreshRSS/FreshRSS/security/advisories/GHSA-jjm2-4hf7-9x65