CVE-2025-48481

CRITICAL

9.8

Description

FreeScout is a free self-hosted help desk and shared mailbox. Prior to version 1.8.180, an attacker with an unactivated email invitation containing invite_hash, can exploit this vulnerability to self-activate their account, despite it being blocked or deleted, by leveraging the invitation link from the email to gain initial access to the account. This issue has been patched in version 1.8.180.

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 Score9.8

SeverityCRITICAL

CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack VectorNETWORK

ComplexityLOW

Privileges RequiredNONE

User InteractionNONE

Published5/30/2025

Last Modified6/4/2025

Sourcenvd

Honeypot Sightings0

Affected Products

freescout:freescout

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-841

References

https://github.com/freescout-help-desk/freescout/security/advisories/GHSA-jgj2-x749-5wc7(security-advisories@github.com)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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