{"id":"CVE-2022-23497","aliases":["EUVD-2022-28550","GHSA-hvrj-5fwj-p7v6"],"status":"published","title":"Insecure file access in FreshRSS","description":"FreshRSS is a free, self-hostable RSS aggregator. User configuration files can be accessed by a remote user. In addition to user preferences, such configurations contain hashed passwords (brypt with cost 9, salted) of FreshRSS Web interface. If the API is used, the configuration might contain a hashed password (brypt with cost 9, salted) of the GReader API, and a hashed password (MD5 salted) of the Fever API. Users should update to version 1.20.2 or edge. Users unable to upgrade can apply the patch manually or delete the file `./FreshRSS/p/ext.php`.","severity":{"version":"3.1","score":6.5,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L","level":"medium","assessor":"cna","from":"cve"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-12","score":0.0091,"percentile":0.60447,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":false},"cwes":["CWE-200"],"published":"2022-12-09T22:16:00Z","modified":"2026-10-28T02:31:01Z","products":[{"vendor":"freshrss","product":"freshrss"}],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/FreshRSS/FreshRSS/security/advisories/GHSA-hvrj-5fwj-p7v6","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM","x_transferred","Third Party Advisory","advisory"]},{"url":"https://github.com/FreshRSS/FreshRSS/pull/4928","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","x_transferred","Patch","Third Party Advisory","fix"]},{"url":"https://github.com/FreshRSS/FreshRSS/releases/tag/1.20.2","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","x_transferred","Patch","Third Party Advisory","web"]},{"url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2022/23xxx/CVE-2022-23497.json","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-23497","tags":["advisory"]}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2022-23497","title":"Insecure file access in FreshRSS","description":"FreshRSS is a free, self-hostable RSS aggregator. User configuration files can be accessed by a remote user. In addition to user preferences, such configurations contain hashed passwords (brypt with cost 9, salted) of FreshRSS Web interface. If the API is used, the configuration might contain a hashed password (brypt with cost 9, salted) of the GReader API, and a hashed password (MD5 salted) of the Fever API. Users should update to version 1.20.2 or edge. Users unable to upgrade can apply the patch manually or delete the file `./FreshRSS/p/ext.php`.","status":"published","published":"2022-12-09T22:16:00.22Z","modified":"2025-04-23T16:29:06.755Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":6.5,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L","level":"medium","assessor":"cna"}],"cwes":["CWE-200"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:34:29.842547Z"}],"euvd":[{"id":"EUVD-2022-28550","description":"FreshRSS is a free, self-hostable RSS aggregator. User configuration files can be accessed by a remote user. 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If the API is used, the configuration might contain a hashed password (brypt with cost 9, salted) of the GReader API, and a hashed password (MD5 salted) of the Fever API. Users should update to version 1.20.2 or edge. Users unable to upgrade can apply the patch manually or delete the file `./FreshRSS/p/ext.php`.","status":"published","published":"2022-12-09T23:15:11.68Z","modified":"2026-06-17T04:30:14.45Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":6.5,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L","level":"medium","assessor":"secondary"},{"version":"3.1","score":7.5,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N","level":"high","assessor":"primary"}],"cwes":["CWE-200"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:07:33.239526Z"}],"osv":[{"id":"CVE-2022-23497","title":"Insecure file access in FreshRSS","description":"FreshRSS is a free, self-hostable RSS aggregator. User configuration files can be accessed by a remote user. 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