PT-2025-23246 · Freescout · Freescout

Artem Danilov + 5 · Published 2025-05-13 · Updated 2025-06-04 · CVE-2025-48480

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.5

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions FreeScout versions prior to 1.8.180

Description The issue allows an authorized user with the administrator role or the privilege User::PERM EDIT USERS to create a user and specify the path to the user's avatar as ../.htaccess during creation. After creating the user, the user's avatar can be deleted, resulting in the deletion of the .htaccess file in the /storage/app/public folder.

Recommendations For versions prior to 1.8.180, update to version 1.8.180 to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting the User::PERM EDIT USERS privilege to prevent unauthorized users from creating or deleting users. Additionally, restrict access to the /storage/app/public folder to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Exploit

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-841

Related Identifiers

BDU:2025-06956

CVE-2025-48480

GHSA-PFJF-43MP-3GP2

Affected Products

Freescout

References · 10

• 🔥 https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2025/48xxx/CVE-2025-48480.json · Exploit
• https://github.com/freescout-help-desk/freescout/security/advisories/GHSA-pfjf-43mp-3gp2 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-48480 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-48480 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2025-06956 · Security Note
• https://t.me/latest_high_impact_cve/2497 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/dailycve/status/1930318078048419934 · Twitter Post
• https://t.me/cvetracker/24968 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/124100 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/VulmonFeeds/status/1928344218998546728 · Twitter Post