CVE-2025-48480

low-risk
Published 2025-05-30

FreeScout is a free self-hosted help desk and shared mailbox. Prior to version 1.8.180, an authorized user with the administrator role or with the privilege User::PERM_EDIT_USERS can create a user, specifying the path to the user's avatar ../.htaccess during creation, and then delete the user's avatar, resulting in the deletion of the file .htaccess in the folder /storage/app/public. This issue has been patched in version 1.8.180.

Do I need to act?

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0.11% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
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CVSS 2.7/10 Low
NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (1)

Affected Vendors

Freescout

References (1)

Exploit https://github.com/freescout-help-desk/freescout/security/advisories/GHSA-pfjf-4...
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low-risk
Severity 14/34 · Moderate
Exploitability 0/34 · Minimal
Exposure 5/34 · Minimal