VDB-310629 · CVE-2025-48484 · GHSA-w3j9-7fhq-m8x7

freescout up to 1.8.177 Conversation cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in freescout up to 1.8.177. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Conversation Handler. Performing a manipulation results in cross site scripting. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2025-48484. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in freescout up to 1.8.177. This affects an unknown code of the component Conversation Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-79. The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. This is going to have an impact on integrity. The summary by CVE is:

FreeScout is a free self-hosted help desk and shared mailbox. Prior to version 1.8.178, the application is vulnerable to Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) attacks due to incorrect input validation and sanitization of user-input data in the conversation POST data body. This issue has been patched in version 1.8.178.

The advisory is shared at github.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2025-48484 since 05/22/2025. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1059.007 for this issue.

Upgrading to version 1.8.178 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Productinfo

Name

freescout

Version

1.8.177

CPE 2.3info

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 3.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 3.4

VulDB Base Score: 3.5
VulDB Temp Score: 3.4
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-79 / CWE-94 / CWE-74
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: freescout 1.8.178

Timelineinfo

05/22/2025 🔍
05/30/2025 +8 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: GHSA-w3j9-7fhq-m8x7
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2025-48484 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-48484
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-310629

Entryinfo

Created: 05/30/2025 08:42
Changes: 05/30/2025 08:42 (67)
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Cache ID: 216::103