CVE-2025-48477: FreeScout Has Business Logic Errors

7.1 CVSS

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.

Classification

CVE ID: CVE-2025-48477

CVSS Base Severity: HIGH

CVSS Base Score: 7.1

CVSS Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Problem Types

CWE-841: Improper Enforcement of Behavioral Workflow

Affected Products

Vendor: freescout-help-desk

Product: freescout

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

EPSS Score: 0.04% (probability of being exploited)

EPSS Percentile: 9.25% (scored less or equal to compared to others)

EPSS Date: 2025-06-07 (when was this score calculated)

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-48477
https://github.com/freescout-help-desk/freescout/security/advisories/GHSA-2c82-qx7x-35h8

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