CVE-2025-48481 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2025-48481

FreeScout Has Business Logic Errors

Vulnerability 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.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

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Affected Vendor

freescout-help-desk

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Affected Software

freescout
Vulnerable Versions:
< 1.8.180

Timeline

Official Publish: May 30th, 2025
Last Modified: May 30th, 2025
Added to House: July 22nd, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-841

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.