CVE-2025-48480 FreeScout Has Business Logic Errors
An authorized administrator can delete the .htaccess file by manipulating avatar paths, potentially exposing sensitive directories.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-48480?
CVE-2025-48480 is a high-severity vulnerability in freescout-help-desk freescout, published on 30 May 2025. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Official description
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.
Weakness: CWE-841
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-48480?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Freescout Freescout.
How do I fix CVE-2025-48480?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-48480 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2025-48480 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-48480 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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- CVE-2024-29185 FreeScout OS Command Injection vulnerability
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Sources
Also known as GHSA-pfjf-43mp-3gp2.