GHSA-2wqw-hr4f-xrhh is a medium-severity (CVSS 6.1) Cross-site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in rsshub. A fix is available for rsshub — see the affected versions and patch details below.
RSSHub Cross-site Scripting vulnerability caused by internal media proxy
Exploitation Status
No confirmed exploitation observed yet
- CISA’s own triage has not observed active exploitation or public proof-of-concept code for this CVE as of its last assessment.
Exploitation and automatability from CISA’s SSVC triage for GHSA-2wqw-hr4f-xrhh.
EPSS Exploitation Probability
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) is a daily probability model maintained by FIRST.org. It estimates the likelihood a CVE will be exploited in production environments within the next 30 days, derived from real-world threat intelligence signals.
How urgent is this, really
GHSA-2wqw-hr4f-xrhh plotted by exploitation likelihood (EPSS) against impact (CVSS). The shaded corner — EPSS 50%+ and CVSS 7.0+ — is where this CVE doesn't sit, though severity or exploitability alone can still warrant action.
Where this sits among everything scored
Of 379,145 CVEs with a current EPSS score, this one falls in the < 10% band (highlighted). Real counts from FIRST.org, not a sample — log-scaled since the landscape is heavily right-skewed.
Real-World Exposure
How broadly this vulnerability is actually deployed: weekly install volume shows current usage, and reverse-dependency count shows how many other packages break if it stays unpatched.
rsshubnpmDescription
RSSHub is an open source RSS feed generator. Starting in version 1.0.0-master.cbbd829 and prior to version 1.0.0-master.d8ca915, ahen 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. This vulnerability was fixed in version 1.0.0-master.d8ca915. No known workarounds are available.
Affected Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| 📦npm | rsshub | ≥ 1.0.0-master.cbbd829&&< 1.0.0-master.d8ca915 | 1.0.0-master.d8ca915npm install rsshub@1.0.0-master.d8ca915 |
Detection & mitigation playbook
Open-source dependencyDetect
Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for rsshub, including transitive dependencies — a direct dependency you never call can still pull in a vulnerable version.
Fix
Update rsshub to 1.0.0-master.d8ca915 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms GHSA-2wqw-hr4f-xrhh is resolved across your whole dependency graph.
Workarounds
If you can't upgrade right away: gate or disable the affected feature, validate untrusted input at the boundary, and avoid passing attacker-controlled data into the vulnerable path. O3's runtime protection blocks exploitation in production as an interim safeguard until the upgrade lands.
How O3 protects you
O3 Security's impact-aware SCA analyses which vulnerable code paths your application actually calls, so a match like GHSA-2wqw-hr4f-xrhh can be triaged on real exposure rather than presence alone.
Tailored to GHSA-2wqw-hr4f-xrhh. Runtime protection reduces exposure until a permanent patch is applied and verified — it complements patching, it doesn't replace it.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is GHSA-2wqw-hr4f-xrhh in your dependencies?
O3 Security finds GHSA-2wqw-hr4f-xrhh across npm dependencies, including transitive ones, and its impact-aware SCA ranks findings by whether your code actually calls the vulnerable path.