Vulnerability · Published May 29, 2025 · Assigned by GitHub_M

CVE-2025-48471FreeScout Vulnerable to Arbitrary File Upload

High 7.0

In plain English

A high-severity unrestricted file upload in freescout from freescout-help-desk. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.2% (higher than 68% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 4.0)7.0High

Exploit odds (30 days)1.2%top 31.6% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

FreeScout is a free self-hosted help desk and shared mailbox. Prior to version 1.8.179, the application does not check or performs insufficient checking of files uploaded to the application. This allows files to be uploaded with the phtml and phar extensions, which can lead to remote code execution if the Apache web server is used. This issue has been patched in version 1.8.179.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
freescout-help-desk	freescout	< 1.8.179

Weakness: CWE-434 · Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

References

https://github.com/freescout-help-desk/freescout/security/advisories/GHSA-h2f3-932h-v38j x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://github.com/freescout-help-desk/freescout/commit/e136660e8dbc220454b8d3f646dd1b144e49e9ed x_refsource_MISC