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CVE-2025-48480

Low

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.

SeverityLow
CVSS2.7
Exploit probability—
ProductFreescout
PublishedMay 30, 2025
First seenMay 30, 2025
Weakness typeCWE-841CWE-841

How to fix

Update
  • freescout freescout1.8.180 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
freescout freescoutv < 1.8.1801.8.180

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