CVE-2020-25787
An issue was discovered in Tiny Tiny RSS (aka tt-rss) before 2020-09-16. It does not validate all...
An issue was discovered in Tiny Tiny RSS (aka tt-rss) before 2020-09-16. It does not validate all URLs before requesting them.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
9.8
An issue was discovered in Tiny Tiny RSS (aka tt-rss) before 2020-09-16. It does not validate all URLs before requesting them.
- Record
CVE-2020-25787- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 10.0 High
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C - Weakness
- CWE-20
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
An issue was discovered in Tiny Tiny RSS (aka tt-rss) before 2020-09-16. It does not validate all URLs before requesting them.
- Record
CVE-2020-25787- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2020-18437 No score
An issue was discovered in Tiny Tiny RSS (aka tt-rss) before 2020-09-16. It does not validate all URLs before requesting them.
- Record
EUVD-2020-18437- Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-8966-pp95-9j6j
9.8
An issue was discovered in Tiny Tiny RSS (aka tt-rss) before 2020-09-16. It does not validate all...
An issue was discovered in Tiny Tiny RSS (aka tt-rss) before 2020-09-16. It does not validate all URLs before requesting them.
- Record
GHSA-8966-pp95-9j6j- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-20
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
9.8
An issue was discovered in Tiny Tiny RSS (aka tt-rss) before 2020-09-16. It does not validate all URLs before requesting them.
- Record
CVE-2020-25787- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2020-25787
9.8
An issue was discovered in Tiny Tiny RSS (aka tt-rss) before 2020-09-16. It does not validate all URLs before requesting them.
- Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2020-25787- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2020-25787
9.8
An issue was discovered in Tiny Tiny RSS (aka tt-rss) before 2020-09-16. It does not validate all URLs before requesting them.
- Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2020-25787- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
tt-rssDebian:12 |
before 21~git20210204.b4cbc79+dfsg-1 | 21~git20210204.b4cbc79+dfsg-1 |
tt-rssUbuntu:16.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 1.15+dfsg-115.7+git20151123+dfsg-115.7+git20151123+dfsg-1ubuntu1 |
None known |
tt-rssUbuntu:18.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 17.1+git20170410+dfsg-217.1+git20170410+dfsg-2ubuntu1 |
None known |
tt-rssUbuntu:22.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 21~git20210204.b4cbc79+dfsg-1 |
None known |
tt-rssUbuntu:24.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 21~git20210204.b4cbc79+dfsg-1.2 |
None known |
Public exploits
Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.
| Source | Link | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Exploit-DB | Tiny Tiny RSS - Remote Code Execution | 2021-03-02 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, Exploit-DB, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2020-25787 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.8) in Tt-rss Tiny Tiny Rss, published September 19, 2020. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 18.4%, the 97th percentile. Fixed in tt-rss 21~git20210204.b4cbc79+dfsg-1.
References
git.tt-rss.org/fox/tt-rss/commit/c3d14e1fa54c7dade7b1b7955575e2991396d7ef
community.tt-rss.org/t/heads-up-several-vulnerabilities-fixed/3799
packetstormsecurity.com/files/161606/TinyTinyRSS-Remote-Code-Execution.html
blog.neagaru.com/p/exploiting-tiny-tiny-rss-2020
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-25787
github.com/advisories/GHSA-8966-pp95-9j6j
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-25787
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-25787
cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-25787