CVE-2025-54875 FreshRSS: Unauthorized creation of admin user when registration is enabled
An attacker can create an admin user via a hidden field when registration is enabled, leading to full administrative control.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-54875?
CVE-2025-54875 is a critical vulnerability in FreshRSS, published on 29 Sep 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official 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.
Weakness: CWE-284
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-54875?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Freshrss Freshrss.
How do I fix CVE-2025-54875?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-54875 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2025-54875 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-54875 exists.
Other vulnerabilities in FreshRSS
- CVE-2025-54592 FreshRSS has Incomplete Session Termination on Logout
- CVE-2025-62166 FreshRSS has an IDOR which allows for viewing feeds of any user and leaking tokens
- CVE-2025-54591 FreshRSS: Unauthenticated users can view default user's information
- CVE-2025-58173 FreshRSS vulnerable to authenticated RCE via path traversal inside include()
- CVE-2025-54593 FreshRSS is vulnerable to RCE attacks by authenticated admin
Sources
Also known as GHSA-h625-ghr3-jppq.