CVE-2023-22481 (GCVE-0-2023-22481)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-03-06 17:33 – Updated: 2025-02-25 15:01
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Sensitive information exposure in the logs of greader API in FreshRSS
Summary
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.
Severity
4 (Medium)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-02-25 14:30 UTC
CWE
- CWE-532 - Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File
Assigner
References
2 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://github.com/FreshRSS/FreshRSS/security/adv… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
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