CVE-2025-48478

HIGH EPSS 31.2%
Published May 30, 20251y ago · Modified Jun 17, 20261w ago
7.0 CVSS 4.0
High
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Published May 30, 2025 1y ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 1w ago

Description

FreeScout is a free self-hosted help desk and shared mailbox. Prior to version 1.8.180, insufficient input validation during user creation has resulted in a mass assignment vulnerability, allowing an attacker to manipulate all fields of the object, which are enumerated in the $fillable array (the User object), when creating a new user. This issue has been patched in version 1.8.180.

CVSS Details

Base Score
7.0
Exploitability
—
Impact
—
Vector string
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required High
User Interaction None
Scope X

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability
31.2% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
Public Exploit Known
Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-841

Affected Products 1

VendorProductVersionRange
freescoutfreescout* <1.8.180

References 2

  • github.com https://github.com/freescout-help-desk/freescout/commit/d2048f59a899dbcfc9a71bb98549ead81cdb62a5
    Patch
  • github.com https://github.com/freescout-help-desk/freescout/security/advisories/GHSA-fqjj-79j2-8qx6
    ExploitVendor Advisory

Remediation

  • github.com https://github.com/freescout-help-desk/freescout/commit/d2048f59a899dbcfc9a71bb98549ead81cdb62a5
    Patch