CVE-2023-27592Cross-site Scripting in V2

Severity
5.4MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.6%
top 31.42%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedMar 17
Latest updateApr 2

Description

Miniflux is a feed reader. Since v2.0.25, Miniflux will automatically proxy images served over HTTP to prevent mixed content errors. When an outbound request made by the Go HTTP client fails, the `html.ServerError` is returned unescaped without the expected Content Security Policy header added to valid responses. By creating an RSS feed item with the inline description containing an `` tag with a `srcset` attribute pointing to an invalid URL like `http:aalert(1)`, we can coerce the proxy handl

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:NExploitability: 2.3 | Impact: 2.7

Affected Packages3 packages

Gominiflux.app/v22.0.252.0.43
NVDminiflux_project/miniflux2.0.252.0.43
CVEListV5miniflux/v2>= 2.0.25, < 2.0.43

Patches

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
Stored XSS in Miniflux when opening a broken image due to unescaped ServerError in proxy handler2025-04-02
OSV
Stored XSS in Miniflux when opening a broken image due to unescaped ServerError in proxy handler2025-04-02