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CVE-2025-48476: FreeScout Has Business Logic Errors
- Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 0.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: yes
- Published: 2025-05-30 · updated 2026-06-17
- Weakness: CWE-841
Description
FreeScout is a free self-hosted help desk and shared mailbox. Prior to version 1.8.180, when adding and editing user records using the fill() method, there is no check for the absence of the password field in the data coming from the user, which leads to a mass-assignment vulnerability. As a result, a user with the right to edit other users of the system can change their password, and then log in to the system using the set password. This issue has been patched in version 1.8.180.
Affected products
- freescout-help-desk freescout: before 1.8.180 — fixed in 1.8.180
How to fix
Upgrade to a fixed version: freescout-help-desk freescout 1.8.180. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.
References
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