CVE-2025-60181
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedServer-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) vulnerability in silence Silencesoft RSS Reader external-rss-reader allows Server Side Request Forgery.This issue affects Silencesoft RSS Reader: from n/a through <= 0.6.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · moderate confidenceSilencesoft RSS Reader contains a Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) vulnerability that allows an attacker to induce the application to make arbitrary HTTP requests to internal or external resources. This occurs due to insufficient validation of URLs provided for RSS feed fetching, enabling attackers to access internal services, cloud metadata endpoints, or internal network resources.
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CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Changed
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Identify Silencesoft RSS Reader installationLocate the Silencesoft RSS Reader application on the system and note its version number, typically found in the application properties, about dialog, or installed programs listAffected if The application is installed and version cannot be confirmed as patched (no fixed version provided in advisory)
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Verify RSS feed fetching is configuredCheck if any RSS feeds have been added to the application by examining the application's feed list, configuration files, or database where feeds are storedAffected if At least one RSS feed is configured, enabling the vulnerable URL fetching functionality
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Inspect feed URL input handlingAdd a test feed using an internal URL such as http://localhost or a cloud metadata endpoint (e.g., http://169.254.169.254) to observe whether the application makes outbound requests to these addressesAffected if The application successfully resolves and connects to internal URLs, indicating insufficient URL validation
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Review URL validation configurationExamine application configuration files, settings, or logs for any URL validation rules, allowlists, or restrictions on feed URLsAffected if No URL validation, allowlisting, or scheme restrictions are configured
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Check for dangerous URL scheme supportAttempt to add a feed using non-HTTP schemes such as file://, gopher://, or ftp:// to determine if these are accepted by the applicationAffected if The application accepts and attempts to fetch from non-HTTP URL schemes
A user is affected if Silencesoft RSS Reader is installed with RSS feeds configured and the application can successfully fetch URLs from internal resources or accepts non-HTTP URL schemes, indicating missing URL validation.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataImplement strict URL allowlisting or validation to restrict feed URLs to expected domains, disable unnecessary URL schemes (such as file://, gopher://), and enforce network segmentation to limit outbound connections from the application server.
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- Implementation6.0 h
- Testing3.0 h
- Review / QA2.0 h
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- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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