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Critical
CVE-2025-54875
FreshRSS: Unauthorized creation of admin user when registration is enabled
Vulnerability Description
FreshRSS is a free, self-hostable RSS aggregator. In versions 1.16.0 and above through 1.26.3, an unprivileged attacker can create a new admin user when registration is enabled through the use of a hidden field used only in the user management admin page, new_user_is_admin. This is fixed in version 1.27.0.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Affected Vendor
FreshRSS
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FreshRSS
Vulnerable Versions:
>= 1.16.0, < 1.27.0
Timeline
Official Publish:
September 29th, 2025
Last Modified:
September 30th, 2025
Added to House:
July 22nd, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H