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CVE-2025-48477: FreeScout Has Business Logic Errors
- Severity: high (CVSS 8.1 v3.1)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 0.5% 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, the application's logic requires the user to perform a correct sequence of actions to implement a functional capability, but the application allows access to the functional capability without correctly completing one or more actions in the sequence. The leaves the attributes of Mailbox object able to be changed by the fill method. 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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