freescout up to 1.8.179 authorization

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in freescout up to 1.8.179. It has been classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. The manipulation leads to authorization. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2025-48474. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in freescout up to 1.8.179. It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a authorization vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-863. The product performs an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action, but it does not correctly perform the check. This allows attackers to bypass intended access restrictions. Impacted is confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

FreeScout is a free self-hosted help desk and shared mailbox. Prior to version 1.8.180, the application incorrectly checks user access rights for conversations. Users with show_only_assigned_conversations enabled can assign themselves to an arbitrary conversation from the mailbox to which they have access, thereby bypassing the restriction on viewing conversations. This issue has been patched in version 1.8.180.

The advisory is shared at github.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2025-48474 since 05/22/2025. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

Upgrading to version 1.8.180 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch 87cdb65d6b632b5292bcac2d7a209f6e36ae51d7 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at github.com. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.2
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.1

VulDB Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Temp Score: 4.1
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NVD Base Score: 8.1
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Authorization
CWE: CWE-863 / CWE-285 / CWE-266
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ATT&CK: 🔍

Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
Status: 🔍

0-Day Time: 🔍

Upgrade: freescout 1.8.180
Patch: 87cdb65d6b632b5292bcac2d7a209f6e36ae51d7

Timelineinfo

05/22/2025 🔍
05/29/2025 +7 days 🔍
05/29/2025 +0 days 🔍
07/02/2025 +34 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: GHSA-9wc4-vchw-mr3m
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2025-48474 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-48474
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-310553

Entryinfo

Created: 05/29/2025 21:11
Updated: 07/02/2025 21:07
Changes: 05/29/2025 21:11 (67), 07/02/2025 21:07 (12)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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