CVE-2025-48488 | THREATINT

Description

FreeScout is a free self-hosted help desk and shared mailbox. Prior to version 1.8.180, deleting the file .htaccess allows an attacker to upload an HTML file containing malicious JavaScript code to the server, which can result in a Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability. This issue has been patched in version 1.8.180.

Reserved 2025-05-22 | Published 2025-05-30 | Updated 2025-05-30 | Assigner GitHub_M

MEDIUM: 4.6CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:N/SA:N

Problem types

CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

Product status

< 1.8.180

affected

References

github.com/...escout/security/advisories/GHSA-2m76-538h-7hf9

cve.org (CVE-2025-48488)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2025-48488)

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