What is CVE-2025-48471?

CVE-2025-48471 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Freescout, classified under Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2025-05-29.

How severe is CVE-2025-48471?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Arbitrary file upload in Freescout

CVE-2025-48471

FreeScout is a free self-hosted help desk and shared mailbox. Prior to version 1.8.179, the application does not check or performs insufficient checking of files uploaded to the application. This allows files to be uploaded with the phtml…

Vulnerability class: Unrestricted File Upload

EPSS: 0.010 (57.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Freescout
Freescout-help-desk Freescout — versions < 1.8.179

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-434 — Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type

References

security-advisories@github.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Exploit, Vendor Advisory)
security-advisories@github.com (Patch, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-48471?: CVE-2025-48471 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Freescout, classified under Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2025-05-29.
How severe is CVE-2025-48471?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.