Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published May 30, 2025· Updated May 30, 2025
FreeScout Has Business Logic Errors
CVE-2025-48480
Description
FreeScout is a free self-hosted help desk and shared mailbox. Prior to version 1.8.180, an authorized user with the administrator role or with the privilege User::PERM_EDIT_USERS can create a user, specifying the path to the user's avatar ../.htaccess during creation, and then delete the user's avatar, resulting in the deletion of the file .htaccess in the folder /storage/app/public. This issue has been patched in version 1.8.180.
Affected products
1Patches
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Vulnerability mechanics
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References
1- github.com/freescout-help-desk/freescout/security/advisories/GHSA-pfjf-43mp-3gp2mitrex_refsource_CONFIRM
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