CVE-2025-48472 MEDIUM

CVE-2025-48472: FreeScout Vulnerable to Insufficient Authorization

Vendor Freescout-Help-Desk
Product freescout
Weakness CWE-863 · Incorrect authorization
Published May 29, 2025
Last update May 29, 2025

CVSS base score

6.9/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Confidentiality
Integrity

CVSS vector

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

What the vulnerability does

01Description

FreeScout is a free self-hosted help desk and shared mailbox. Prior to version 1.8.179, there is no check to ensure that the user is disabling notifications for the mailbox to which they already have access. Moreover, the code explicitly implements functionality that if the user does not have access to the mailbox, then after disabling (enabling) notifications for this mailbox, the user will gain access to it. This issue has been patched in version 1.8.179.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

May 29, 2025 CVE published
May 29, 2025 Record updated