Forgejo up to 1.20.5 RSS information exposure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Forgejo up to 1.20.5. It has been classified as problematic. Affected is an unknown function of the component RSS Handler. This manipulation causes information exposure. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2023-49948. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Forgejo up to 1.20.5 and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code block of the component RSS Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information exposure vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-203. The product behaves differently or sends different responses under different circumstances in a way that is observable to an unauthorized actor, which exposes security-relevant information about the state of the product, such as whether a particular operation was successful or not. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

Forgejo before 1.20.5-1 allows remote attackers to test for the existence of private user accounts by appending .rss (or another extension) to a URL.

The weakness was published 12/04/2023 as d7408d8b0b04afd2a3c8e23cc908e7bd3849f34d. The advisory is shared at codeberg.org. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2023-49948 since 12/03/2023. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1592 for this issue.

Upgrading to version 1.20.5-1 eliminates this vulnerability. The upgrade is hosted for download at codeberg.org. Applying the patch d7408d8b0b04afd2a3c8e23cc908e7bd3849f34d is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at codeberg.org. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2023-53843). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.2
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.1

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VulDB Temp Score: 3.0
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Information exposure
CWE: CWE-203 / CWE-200 / CWE-284
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Forgejo 1.20.5-1
Patch: d7408d8b0b04afd2a3c8e23cc908e7bd3849f34d

Timelineinfo

12/03/2023 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: d7408d8b0b04afd2a3c8e23cc908e7bd3849f34d
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2023-49948 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-49948
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-246685
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Entryinfo

Created: 12/04/2023 07:37
Updated: 03/05/2026 12:29
Changes: 12/04/2023 07:37 (43), 12/22/2023 12:43 (11), 03/05/2026 12:29 (16)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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