High severity · published May 29, 2025
CVE-2025-48475
FreeScout Vulnerable to Insufficient Authorization
8.1
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
FreeScout is a free self-hosted help desk and shared mailbox. Prior to version 1.8.180, the System does not provide a check on which "clients" of the System an authorized user can view and edit, and which ones they cannot. As a result, an authorized user who does not have access to any of the existing mailboxes, as well as to any of the existing conversations, has the ability to view and edit the System's clients. The limitation of client visibility can be implemented by the limit_user_customer_visibility setting, however, in the specified scenarios, there is no check for the presence of this setting. This issue has been patched in version 1.8.180.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 35% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
FR
freescout · freescout-help-desk
< 1.8.180 · source: vendor, NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-48475
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-48475
Patch
https://github.com/freescout-help-desk/freescout/commit/1f154ce039618ed5abd960c97619c23534c0717a
Exploit
https://github.com/freescout-help-desk/freescout/security/advisories/GHSA-xvch-f75c-8w8q
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