CVE-2025-48481

Summary

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.

Affected Software

VendorProductVersion RangeStatus
freescout-help-deskfreescout< 1.8.180affected

Weaknesses

  • CWE-841: CWE-841: Improper Enforcement of Behavioral Workflow

ADP Enrichment

CISA ADP Vulnrichment

  • SSVC:
  • Exploitation: none
    • Automatable: no
    • Technical Impact: partial

References