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Security fix · CVE-2025-48472

FreeScout is a free self-hosted help desk and shared mailbox.

Published May 29, 2025 · catalog updated May 29, 2025 · FreeScout is a free

Check this week

CVE-2025-48472 is not in CISA KEV. FIRST estimates a 40.00% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Check whether you run FreeScout is a free.

Gaps on this record

  • The stored product name is a package slug. The name on this page is taken from the title (FreeScout is a free).
  • No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
Severity
Medium6.9
Known exploitation
Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
40.00%
Remediation
Version ranges on file
Affected products
vendor freescout-help-desk freescout < 1.8.179

FreeScout is a free self-hosted help desk and shared mailbox. Prior to version 1.8.179, there is no check to ensure that the user is disabling notifications for the mailbox to which they already have access. Moreover, the code explicitly implements functionality that if the user does not have access to the mailbox, then after disabling (enabling) notifications for this mailbox, the user will gain access to it. This issue has been patched in version 1.8.179.

Are you affected?

Enter the version you run. The result uses only the ranges stored on this record.

The check returns affected, not affected, or incomplete. It does not guess a version that is missing from the record.

  • vendor freescout-help-desk freescout < 1.8.179< 1.8.179

How to fix CVE-2025-48472

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

CVE-2025-48472 is not in CISA KEV. FIRST estimates a 40.00% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Check whether you run FreeScout is a free.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with freescout-help-desk freescout < 1.8.179 < 1.8.179. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.

What should an analyst verify?

No weakness class is stored. EPSS 40.00%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Code

The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. May 29, 2025 · EUVD

    Detected

    FreeScout is a free self-hosted help desk and shared mailbox. Prior to version 1.8.179, there is no check to ensure that the user is disabling notifications for the mailbox to which they already have access. Moreover, the code explicitly implements functionality that if the user does not have access to the mailbox, then after disabling (enabling) notifications for this mailbox, the user will gain

  2. May 29, 2025 · EUVD

    Updated

    FreeScout is a free self-hosted help desk and shared mailbox. Prior to version 1.8.179, there is no check to ensure that the user is disabling notifications for the mailbox to which they already have access. Moreover, the code explicitly implements functionality that if the user does not have access to the mailbox, then after disabling (enabling) notifications for this mailbox, the user will gain

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2025-48472

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • EUVDVulnerability recordEUVD-2025-16397

    FreeScout is a free self-hosted help desk and shared mailbox. Prior to version 1.8.179, there is no check to ensure that the user is disabling notifications for the mailbox to which they already have access. Moreover, the code explicitly implements functionality that if the user

    euvd.enisa.europa.eu

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog May 29, 2025. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.