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CVE-2025-48480— FreeScout Has Business Logic Errors

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Affected
freescout-help-desk freescout
Exploitation
No confirmed in-the-wild exploitation; assess based on exposure
Recommended action
Check the vendor advisory and references for a fixed version. If immediate upgrade is impossible, restrict exposure and increase monitoring.

FreeScout是FreeScout公司的一个使用 PHP（Laravel 框架）构建的超轻量级且功能强大的免费开源帮助台和共享收件箱。 FreeScout 1.8.180之前版本存在安全漏洞，该漏洞源于用户头像路径处理不当，可能导致.htaccess文件删除。

AI Predicted 7.5 Difficulty: Easy EPSS 0.32% · P22

Possible ATT&CK Techniques 1 AI

T1068 · Exploitation for Privilege Escalation
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I. Basic Information for CVE-2025-48480

Vulnerability Information
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Vulnerability Title
FreeScout Has Business Logic Errors
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
Vulnerability 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.
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
CVSS Information
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
Vulnerability Type
行为工作流的不恰当实施
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
Vulnerability Title
FreeScout 安全漏洞
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)
Vulnerability Description
FreeScout是FreeScout公司的一个使用 PHP（Laravel 框架）构建的超轻量级且功能强大的免费开源帮助台和共享收件箱。 FreeScout 1.8.180之前版本存在安全漏洞，该漏洞源于用户头像路径处理不当，可能导致.htaccess文件删除。
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)
CVSS Information
N/A
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)
Vulnerability Type
N/A
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)

Affected Products

Vendor Product Affected Versions CPE Subscribe
freescout-help-desk freescout < 1.8.180 -

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Same Patch Batch · freescout-help-desk · 2025-05-30 · 16 CVEs total

CVE-2025-48478 FreeScout Has Business Logic Errors
CVE-2025-48482 FreeScout Has Business Logic Errors
CVE-2025-48476 FreeScout Has Business Logic Errors
CVE-2025-48479 FreeScout Has Business Logic Errors
CVE-2025-48481 FreeScout Has Business Logic Errors
CVE-2025-48477 FreeScout Has Business Logic Errors
CVE-2025-48483 FreeScout Stored XSS leads to CSRF
CVE-2025-48484 FreeScout Vulnerable to Stored XSS
CVE-2025-48485 FreeScout Vulnerable to Stored XSS
CVE-2025-48487 FreeScout Vulnerable to Stored XSS
CVE-2025-48486 FreeScout Vulnerable to Stored XSS
CVE-2025-48489 FreeScout Vulnerable to Stored XSS
CVE-2025-48488 FreeScout Vulnerable to Stored XSS
CVE-2025-48880 FreeScout has Race Condition When Deleting Users
CVE-2025-48875 FreeScout Vulnerable to Stored XSS

IV. Related Vulnerabilities

Same product: freescout
Same vendor: freescout-help-desk
Same weakness: CWE-841

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