Is CVE-2025-48479 actively exploited?

CVE-2025-48479 has no public evidence of in-the-wild exploitation as of 2025-06-04.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2025-48479?

CVE-2025-48479 has a CVSS score of 8.5 (HIGH severity). Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/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-2025-48479?

Patch guidance is available from freescout security advisories. CVEDatabase generates AI-assisted remediation guidance on demand for CVE-2025-48479.

Which products are affected by CVE-2025-48479?

1 product: freescout freescout.

Fix CVE-2025-48479 - HIGH freescout freescout

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.

CVSS Metrics

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/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-841NVD-CWE-noinfo

Metadata

Primary Vendor: FREESCOUT
Published: 5/30/2025
Last Modified: 6/4/2025
Source: NIST NVD
Note: Verify all details with official vendor sources before applying patches.

Affected Products

freescout : freescout

Remediation Guidance

Executive Summary

Cite this page

CVE-2025-48479. CVEDatabase.com. Retrieved 1 May 2026. https://cvedatabase.com/cve/CVE-2025-48479

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CVE-2025-48479 vulnerability