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Version 1.27.1 fixes the issue.","severity":{"version":"4.0","score":7.4,"vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P","level":"high","assessor":"cna","from":"cve"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-10","score":0.00701,"percentile":0.53559,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":false},"cwes":["CWE-20","CWE-22"],"published":"2025-12-15T23:07:25Z","modified":"2026-10-28T02:30:50Z","products":[{"vendor":"freshrss","product":"freshrss"}],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/FreshRSS/FreshRSS/security/advisories/GHSA-6c8h-w3j5-j293","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM","exploit","Exploit","Patch","Vendor Advisory","advisory"]},{"url":"https://github.com/FreshRSS/FreshRSS/pull/7878","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","Issue Tracking","Patch","fix"]},{"url":"https://github.com/FreshRSS/FreshRSS/pull/7971","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","Issue Tracking","Patch","fix"]},{"url":"https://github.com/FreshRSS/FreshRSS/pull/7979","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","Issue Tracking","Patch","fix"]},{"url":"https://github.com/FreshRSS/FreshRSS/commit/79604aa4b3051f083d1734bd9e82c6a89d785c5a#diff-49280171b6e7964e21a0270427e56eacb47b8ac562593a01ad4bc74b49f840c7R135","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","Patch","fix"]},{"url":"https://github.com/FreshRSS/FreshRSS/commit/dbbae15a8458679db0f4540dacdbdcff9c02ec8c#diff-63f610c36d0f2555c1787f6d0804f46f4df6e0f918dfe03408309039abf6efebL85-L88","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","Patch","fix"]},{"url":"https://github.com/FreshRSS/FreshRSS/commit/ee175dd6169a016fc898fac62d046e22c205dec0#diff-6ebff7743ede829cf5a7f0e4566b42023a2d4779cc8d7e96fefec116f2292174R190-R194","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","Patch","fix"]},{"url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2025/58xxx/CVE-2025-58173.json","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-58173","tags":["advisory"]}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2025-58173","title":"FreshRSS vulnerable to authenticated RCE via path traversal inside include()","description":"FreshRSS is a self-hosted RSS feed aggregator. 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These actions include logging in as the admin, creating a new admin user, or set the database to an attacker-controlled MySQL server and abuse it to execute code in FreshRSS by setting malicious feed `curl_params` inside the `feed` table. Version 1.27.1 fixes the issue.","status":"published","published":"2025-12-15T23:07:25.225Z","modified":"2026-10-28T02:30:50.273226397Z","cvss":[{"version":"4.0","score":7.4,"vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P","level":"high"}],"cwes":["CWE-20","CWE-22"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:44:51.190588Z"}]}}