PT-2025-23148 · Freescout · Freescout

Artem Danilov + 5 · Published 2025-05-13 · Updated 2025-07-11 · CVE-2025-48388

Positive Technologies · (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

8.0

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:P/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions FreeScout versions prior to 1.8.178

Description The issue is related to insufficient validation of user-supplied data, which is used as arguments to string formatting functions. This allows an attacker to pass a string containing special symbols (r, , t) to the application. The estimated number of potentially affected devices worldwide is not provided. There is no information about real-world incidents where this issue was exploited.

Recommendations For versions prior to 1.8.178, update to version 1.8.178 to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting the input of special symbols (r, , t) to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Exploit

Fix

RCE

Use of Externally-Controlled Format String

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-93

CWE-134

CWE-135

Related Identifiers

BDU:2025-06944

CVE-2025-48388

GHSA-C76F-WGGM-GRCQ

Affected Products

Freescout

References · 16

• 🔥 https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2025/48xxx/CVE-2025-48388.json · Exploit
• https://github.com/freescout-help-desk/freescout/security/advisories/GHSA-c76f-wggm-grcq · Vendor Advisory
• https://github.com/freescout-help-desk/freescout/commit/eab97711027fff4bce90ccd2e189cbc184fa0370 · Patch
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-48388 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-48388 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2025-06944 · Security Note
• https://github.com/freescout-help-desk/freescout · Note
• https://twitter.com/offseq/status/1928028572901343692 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1928022571720560757 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/cybercronai/status/1928421843888750625 · Twitter Post
• https://t.me/latest_high_impact_cve/2488 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/128560 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/123959 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cvetracker/24887 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/cybercronai/status/1928279895689273604 · Twitter Post