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CVE-2023-22481 Detail

Current Description

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.


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
https://github.com/FreshRSS/FreshRSS/commit/075cf4c800063e3cc65c3d41a9c23222e8ebb554 CVE, GitHub, Inc. Patch 
https://github.com/FreshRSS/FreshRSS/security/advisories/GHSA-8vvv-jxg6-8578 CVE, GitHub, Inc. Exploit  Vendor Advisory 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-532 Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File GitHub, Inc.  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2023-22481
NVD Published Date:
03/06/2023
NVD Last Modified:
06/17/2026
Source:
GitHub, Inc.