CVE-2025-68148
FreshRSS globally denies access to feed via proxy modifying to 429 Retry-After
FreshRSS is a free, self-hostable RSS aggregator. From version 1.27.0 to before 1.28.0, An attacker could globally deny access to feeds via proxy modifying to 429 Retry-After for a large list of feeds on given instance, making it unusable for majority of users. This issue has been patched in version 1.28.0.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- Low
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
FreshRSS globally denies access to feed via proxy modifying to 429 Retry-After
FreshRSS is a free, self-hostable RSS aggregator. From version 1.27.0 to before 1.28.0, An attacker could globally deny access to feeds via proxy modifying to 429 Retry-After for a large list of feeds on given instance, making it unusable for majority of users. This issue has been patched in version 1.28.0.
- Record
CVE-2025-68148- CVSS 3.1
- 4.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-770
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2025-205466
FreshRSS is a free, self-hostable RSS aggregator. From version 1.27.0 to before 1.28.0, An attacker could globally deny access to feeds via proxy modifying to 429 Retry-After for a large list of feeds on given instance, making it unusable for majority of users. This issue has been patched in version 1.28.0.
- Record
EUVD-2025-205466- CVSS 3.1
- 4.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L - Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
FreshRSS is a free, self-hostable RSS aggregator. From version 1.27.0 to before 1.28.0, An attacker could globally deny access to feeds via proxy modifying to 429 Retry-After for a large list of feeds on given instance, making it unusable for majority of users. This issue has been patched in version 1.28.0.
- Record
CVE-2025-68148- CVSS 3.1
- 4.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L - CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-770
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
FreshRSS globally denies access to feed via proxy modifying to 429 Retry-After
FreshRSS is a free, self-hostable RSS aggregator. From version 1.27.0 to before 1.28.0, An attacker could globally deny access to feeds via proxy modifying to 429 Retry-After for a large list of feeds on given instance, making it unusable for majority of users. This issue has been patched in version 1.28.0.
- Record
CVE-2025-68148- CVSS 3.1
- 4.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-770
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2025-68148 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.3) in Freshrss, published December 26, 2025. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.46%, the 40th percentile. No source names a fixed version.