CVE-2025-48479

Q: How do I fix CVE-2025-48479?

Upgrade freescout to 1.8.180 or later.

Q: Is CVE-2025-48479 being actively exploited?

Not that we know of. CVE-2025-48479 is not in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Its EPSS score of 0.27% is the estimated probability that it will be exploited in the next 30 days. That is higher than 19% of all scored CVEs.

Q: How severe is CVE-2025-48479?

CVE-2025-48479 has a CVSS v3 base score of 2.7, rated low. CVSS rates the technical impact if the vulnerability is exploited, not how likely that is, so weigh it alongside the exploit-prediction score when you decide what to patch first.

Q: What does CVE-2025-48479 affect?

Published advisories record a fix for freescout (NVD). Only products with a sourced advisory are listed, so treat this as what we can cite rather than a complete inventory.

LOW

2.7

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

FreeScout is a free self-hosted help desk and shared mailbox. Prior to version 1.8.180, the laravel-translation-manager package does not correctly validate user input, enabling the deletion of any directory, given sufficient access rights. This issue has been patched in version 1.8.180.

CWE-841

How to fix

Remediation Available

freescoutNVD

Affected:< 1.8.180Fixed in:1.8.180CVE-2025-48479derived from NVD

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Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredHigh

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityNone

IntegrityLow

AvailabilityNone

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Exploit Intelligence

0.27%probability of exploitation in 30 days

19thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 19% of all known CVEs.

References

Exploit1

github.com

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-841 vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2022-1667	High	7.5	1.2%	-	Fix
CVE-2023-4181	Medium	5.4	1.1%	-	-
CVE-2022-2105	Critical	9.4	1.0%	-	Fix
CVE-2022-2102	Critical	9.4	0.9%	-	Fix
CVE-2024-51738	High	8.1	0.6%	-	Fix
CVE-2024-37296	Medium	5.3	0.5%	-	-

Common questions

How do I fix CVE-2025-48479?

Upgrade freescout to 1.8.180 or later.

Is CVE-2025-48479 being actively exploited?

Not that we know of. CVE-2025-48479 is not in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Its EPSS score of 0.27% is the estimated probability that it will be exploited in the next 30 days. That is higher than 19% of all scored CVEs.

How severe is CVE-2025-48479?

CVE-2025-48479 has a CVSS v3 base score of 2.7, rated low. CVSS rates the technical impact if the vulnerability is exploited, not how likely that is, so weigh it alongside the exploit-prediction score when you decide what to patch first.

What does CVE-2025-48479 affect?

Published advisories record a fix for freescout (NVD). Only products with a sourced advisory are listed, so treat this as what we can cite rather than a complete inventory.

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2025-06-04.