CVE-2025-48484
FreeScout Vulnerable to Stored XSS
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.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- Passive
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
FreeScout Vulnerable to Stored XSS
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.
- Record
CVE-2025-48484- CVSS 4.0
- 4.6 Medium
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:N/SA:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2025-16448
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.
- Record
EUVD-2025-16448- CVSS 4.0
- 4.6 Medium
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:N/SA:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
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.
- Record
CVE-2025-48484- CVSS 4.0
- 4.6 Medium
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X - CVSS 3.1
- 5.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
FreeScout Vulnerable to Stored XSS
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.
- Record
CVE-2025-48484- CVSS 4.0
- 4.6 Medium
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:N/SA:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2025-48484 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.6) in Freescout, published May 30, 2025. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.27%, the 19th percentile. No source names a fixed version.