CVE-2025-48471 Information

Description

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 and phar extensions which can lead to remote code execution if the Apache web server is used. This issue has been patched in version 1.8.179.

Reference

https://github.com/freescout-help-desk/freescout/commit/e136660e8dbc220454b8d3f646dd1b144e49e9ed https://github.com/freescout-help-desk/freescout/security/advisories/GHSA-h2f3-932h-v38j https://github.com/freescout-help-desk/freescout/security/advisories/GHSA-h2f3-932h-v38j