CVE-2023-22481

FreshRSS is a self-hosted RSS feed aggregator. When using the greader API, the provided password is logged in clear in `users/_/log_api.txt` in the case where the authentication fails. The issues occurs in `authorizationToUser()` in `greader.php`. If there is an issue with the request or the credentials, `unauthorized()` or `badRequest()` is called. Both these functions are printing the return of `debugInfo()` in the logs. `debugInfo()` will return the content of the request. By default, this will be saved in `users/_/log_api.txt` and if the const `COPY_LOG_TO_SYSLOG` is true, in syslogs as well. Exploiting this issue requires having access to logs produced by FreshRSS. Using the information from the logs, a malicious individual could get users' API keys (would be displayed if the users fills in a bad username) or passwords.

CVSS v3.0 5.5 MEDIUM

5.5^/10

CVSS v3.0 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact NONE

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://github.com/FreshRSS/FreshRSS/security/advisories/GHSA-8vvv-jxg6-8578	Exploit Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/FreshRSS/FreshRSS/commit/075cf4c800063e3cc65c3d41a9c23222e8ebb554	Patch

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Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:freshrss:freshrss:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Information

Published : 2023-03-06 10:15

Updated : 2023-03-13 10:52

NVD link : CVE-2023-22481

Mitre link : CVE-2023-22481

JSON object : View

CWE

CWE-532

Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File

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Products Affected

freshrss

freshrss

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