CVE-2025-48390

FreeScout is a free self-hosted help desk and shared mailbox. Prior to version 1.8.178, FreeScout is vulnerable to code injection due to insufficient validation of user input in the php_path parameter. The backticks characters are not removed, as well as tabulation is not removed. When checking user input, the file_exists function is also called to check for the presence of such a file (folder) in the file system. A user with the administrator role can create a translation for the language, which will create a folder in the file system. Further in tools.php, the user can specify the path to this folder as php_path, which will lead to the execution of code in backticks. This issue has been patched in version 1.8.178.

CVSS v3 7.2 HIGH

7.2^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.2 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required HIGH

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://github.com/freescout-help-desk/freescout/commit/fb33d672a2d67f5a2b3cf69c80945267f17908b2	Patch
https://github.com/freescout-help-desk/freescout/security/advisories/GHSA-5324-cw55-gwj5	Exploit Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:freescout:freescout:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

11 Jul 2025, 15:28

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2025-05-29 16:15

Updated : 2025-07-11 15:28

NVD link : CVE-2025-48390

Mitre link : CVE-2025-48390

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2025-48390

JSON object : View

Products Affected

freescout

freescout

CWE

CWE-94

Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')

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