CVE-2025-48489 MEDIUM

CVE-2025-48489: FreeScout Vulnerable to Stored XSS

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

4.6/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity High
Privileges required Low
User interaction —
Confidentiality —
Integrity —

CVSS vector

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:L/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, the application is vulnerable to Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) attacks due to insufficient data validation and sanitization during data reception. This issue has been patched in version 1.8.180.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

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

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