CVE-2025-48487 MEDIUM

CVE-2025-48487: FreeScout Vulnerable to Stored XSS

Vendor Freescout-Help-Desk
Product freescout
Weakness CWE-79 · XSS
Published May 30, 2025
Last update May 30, 2025

CVSS base score

6.0/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required High
User interaction
Confidentiality
Integrity

CVSS vector

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/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, when creating a translation of a phrase that appears in a flash-message after a completed action, it is possible to inject a payload to exploit XSS vulnerability. This issue has been patched in version 1.8.180.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

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