CVE-2025-48481 MEDIUM

CVE-2025-48481: FreeScout Has Business Logic Errors

Vendor Freescout-Help-Desk
Product freescout
Weakness CWE-841
Published May 30, 2025
Last update May 30, 2025
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CVSS base score

6.1/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Confidentiality —
Integrity —

CVSS vector

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:L/VA:L/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 1.8.180, an attacker with an unactivated email invitation containing invite_hash, can exploit this vulnerability to self-activate their account, despite it being blocked or deleted, by leveraging the invitation link from the email to gain initial access to the account. This issue has been patched in version 1.8.180.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

May 30, 2025 CVE published
May 30, 2025 Record updated