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title: "CVE-2024-25108: Pixelfed doesn't check OAuth Scopes in API routes, giving elevated permissions"
url: https://erroneo.us/security/cve/CVE-2024-25108/
description: "CVE-2024-25108 (pixelfed/pixelfed (Composer (PHP))): Pixelfed is an open source photo sharing platform. When processing requests authorization was…"
type: vulnerability-record
section: "Security Digest"
date_published: 2024-02-12
date_modified: 2025-05-07
publisher: erroneo.us
author: erroneo.us Security Desk
cve: "CVE-2024-25108"
kev: false
cvss: 9.9
epss: 0.00678
license: All rights reserved. Quote with attribution and a link.
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# CVE-2024-25108: Pixelfed doesn't check OAuth Scopes in API routes, giving elevated permissions

**Signal:** Critical and remotely reachable. No known exploitation yet, but it is network-reachable without credentials. (Computed from CISA KEV, EPSS and CVSS; not an editorial verdict.)

## Should you act?

- Not in CISA KEV , but CISA’s SSVC assessment records a public proof-of-concept, so attack code exists.
- EPSS 0.7% , percentile 52: FIRST’s model estimates a 0.7% chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days, higher than 52% of all scored CVEs (moderate). EPSS is a probability, not a verdict.
- Remotely reachable with no login and no user interaction. If the vulnerable service is exposed to the internet, prioritize it.
- Only applies if your dependency tree includes pixelfed/pixelfed (Composer (PHP)) >= 0.10.4, < 0.11.11, fixed in 0.11.11 . Check your lockfile, including transitive dependencies.

## What it is

Pixelfed is an open source photo sharing platform. When processing requests authorization was improperly and insufficiently checked, allowing attackers to access far more functionality than users intended, including to the administrative and moderator functionality of the Pixelfed server. This vulnerability affects every version of Pixelfed between v0.10.4 and v0.11.9, inclusive. A proof of concept of this vulnerability exists. This vulnerability affects every local user of a Pixelfed server, and can potentially affect the servers' ability to federate. Some user interaction is required to setup the conditions to be able to exercise the vulnerability, but the attacker could conduct this attack time-delayed manner, where user interaction is not actively required. This vulnerability has been addressed in version 0.11.11. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.

## Affected packages

- Composer (PHP) `pixelfed/pixelfed` >= 0.10.4, < 0.11.11 → fixed: 0.11.11

## Affected products (CVE record)

- pixelfed pixelfed: >= 0.10.4, < 0.11.11

## Severity

- GitHub_M CVSS 3.1: 9.9 `CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:L`
- GitHub CVSS 3.1: 9.9 `CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:L`

## Exploitation

- CISA KEV: not listed (no confirmed in-the-wild exploitation known to CISA).
- CISA SSVC assessment: exploitation poc , automatable no , technical impact total .
- FIRST EPSS (model of 2026-10-21): 0.68% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days; percentile 52.

## Sources

- [GitHub Advisory GHSA-gccq-h3xj-jgvf](https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-gccq-h3xj-jgvf)
- [CVE.org record CVE-2024-25108](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-25108)
- [NVD entry CVE-2024-25108](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-25108)
- [github.com](https://github.com/pixelfed/pixelfed/security/advisories/GHSA-gccq-h3xj-jgvf)
- [github.com](https://github.com/pixelfed/pixelfed/commit/7e47d6dccb0393a2e95c42813c562c854882b037)
- [github.com](https://github.com/pixelfed/pixelfed/commit/fd7f5dbb)
- [github.com](https://github.com/pixelfed/pixelfed/commit/fd7f5dbba13818f60d1c2b3ab110b499e996aa81)

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