Is CVE-2025-48388 actively exploited?

CVE-2025-48388 has no public evidence of in-the-wild exploitation as of 2025-07-11.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2025-48388?

CVE-2025-48388 has a CVSS score of 7 (HIGH severity). Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/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.

How do I patch CVE-2025-48388?

Patch guidance is available from freescout security advisories. CVEDatabase generates AI-assisted remediation guidance on demand for CVE-2025-48388.

Which products are affected by CVE-2025-48388?

1 product: freescout freescout.

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Description

FreeScout is a free self-hosted help desk and shared mailbox. Prior to version 1.8.178, the application performs insufficient validation of user-supplied data, which is used as arguments to string formatting functions. As a result, an attacker can pass a string containing special symbols (\r, \n, \t)to the application. This issue has been patched in version 1.8.178.

CVSS Metrics

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/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
Attack Vector: network
Complexity: low
Privileges: high
User Action: none
Confidentiality: undefined
Integrity: undefined
Availability: undefined
Weaknesses: CWE-93 CWE-134

Metadata

Primary Vendor: FREESCOUT
Published: 5/29/2025
Last Modified: 7/11/2025
Source: NIST NVD
Note: Verify all details with official vendor sources before applying patches.

CVE-2025-48388

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