CVE-2025-48481 – FreeScout Account Self-Activation Vulnerability

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CVE-2025-48481 vulnerability over time.

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  • New CVE Received
    by [email protected]

    May. 30, 2025

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Description FreeScout is a free self-hosted help desk and shared mailbox. Prior to version 1.8.180, an attacker with an unactivated email invitation containing invite_hash, can exploit this vulnerability to self-activate their account, despite it being blocked or deleted, by leveraging the invitation link from the email to gain initial access to the account. This issue has been patched in version 1.8.180.
    Added CVSS V4.0 AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/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
    Added CWE CWE-841
    Added Reference https://github.com/freescout-help-desk/freescout/security/advisories/GHSA-jgj2-x749-5wc7
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