VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2025-48480
CVSS score2.7 LOW
EPSS probability0.33%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2025-05-30
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
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.
Weakness classification
- security-advisories@github.com: CWE-841
- nvd@nist.gov: NVD-CWE-noinfo
Primary references
- security-advisories@github.com — Exploit, Vendor Advisory