CVE-2025-59416 The Scratch Channel forks can publish articles
Attackers can fork the Scratch Channel web client to modify admin settings and publish unauthorized articles due to missing authorization checks.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-59416?
CVE-2025-59416 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in The-Scratch-Channel tsc-web-client, published on 17 Sep 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Scratch Channel is a news website. If the user makes a fork, they can change the admins and make an article. Since the API uses a POST request, it will make an article. This issue is fixed in v1.2.
Weakness: CWE-862
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-59416?
How do I fix CVE-2025-59416?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-59416 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.
Is CVE-2025-59416 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-59416 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-775w-g375-pjff.