Medium

RSSHub Cross-site Scripting vulnerability caused by internal media proxy

  • Disclosed: 06.03.2024
  • Updated: 11.10.2026 10:22

Impact

When the specially crafted image is supplied to the internal media proxy, it proxies the image without handling XSS vulnerabilities, allowing for the execution of arbitrary JavaScript code.

Users who access the deliberately constructed URL are affected.

Patches

This vulnerability was fixed in version https://github.com/DIYgod/RSSHub/commit/4d3e5d79c1c17837e931b4cd253d2013b487aa87. Please upgrade to this or a later version.

Workarounds

No.

Affected software

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PlatformPackageVulnerable versionsFixed in
npm package rsshub >= 1.0.0-master.cbbd829, < 1.0.0-master.d8ca915 1.0.0-master.d8ca915

References

CVSS score 6.1/10
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-79
Platform
npm
Package
rsshub
Disclosed
06.03.2024
Updated
11.10.2026 10:22

Sources and licenses

OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - GHSA-2wqw-hr4f-xrhh - CC BY 4.0

Vulnerability history: rsshub

All published vulnerabilities of this package (npm package), newest first. Shows whether this is a one-off slip or a package that needs watching.

Total entries
6
First → latest
10.2021 03.2024
Without a fix
2
Exploited in attacks
0

Severity breakdown

  • High 2
  • Medium 4

Disclosures per year

  1. 2021: 1
  2. 2022: 1
  3. 2023: 2
  4. 2024: 2
  5. 2025: 0
  6. 2026: 0
  1. Medium · 6.5 CVE-2024-27927 < 1.0.0-master.a429472 1.0.0-master.a429472
  2. RSSHub Cross-site Scripting vulnerability caused by internal media proxy this entry
    Medium · 6.1 CVE-2024-27926 >= 1.0.0-master.cbbd829, < 1.0.0-master.d8ca915 1.0.0-master.d8ca915
  3. Medium · 6.1 CVE-2023-26491 < 1.0.0-master.c910c4d 1.0.0-master.c910c4d
  4. High · 8.8 CVE-2023-22493 < 1.0.0-master.a66cbcf 1.0.0-master.a66cbcf
  5. Medium · 5.3 CVE-2022-31110 <= 1.0.0 no fix
  6. High · 8.6 CVE-2021-21278 <= 1.0.0 no fix

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