miniflux up to 2.2.6 Content Security Policy /proxy/ cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in miniflux up to 2.2.6. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the file /proxy/ of the component Content Security Policy Handler. The manipulation leads to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2025-31483. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in miniflux up to 2.2.6 and classified as problematic. This issue affects an unknown code of the file /proxy/ of the component Content Security Policy Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-79. The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. Impacted is integrity. The summary by CVE is:

Miniflux is a feed reader. Due to a weak Content Security Policy on the /proxy/* route, an attacker can bypass the CSP of the media proxy and execute cross-site scripting when opening external images in a new tab/window. To mitigate the vulnerability, the CSP for the media proxy has been changed from default-src 'self' to default-src 'none'; form-action 'none'; sandbox;. This vulnerability is fixed in 2.2.7.

It is possible to read the advisory at github.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2025-31483 since 03/28/2025. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1059.007 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

Upgrading to version 2.2.7 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch cb695e653a08af4cabcb277c271ce74bd0c746e6 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at github.com. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-79 / CWE-94 / CWE-74
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: miniflux 2.2.7
Patch: cb695e653a08af4cabcb277c271ce74bd0c746e6

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03/28/2025 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: GHSA-cq88-842x-2jhp
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2025-31483 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-31483
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-303251

Entryinfo

Created: 04/03/2025 20:48
Changes: 04/03/2025 20:48 (70)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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