CVE-2025-48880Public exploitNetwork attack vector

Administrator lockout via non-atomic user deletion

Published May 30, 2025 · Updated May 30, 2025

Race condition in FreeScout before 1.8.181 allows remote authenticated users with administrator access to delete every administrator. The delete_user branch of UsersController::ajax counts administrators and then deletes the requested account without an atomic guard, so concurrent requests can each pass the last-administrator check. An administrator must submit concurrent deletion requests for different accounts; success can remove every administrator account and eliminate application administration until recovery.

CVSS severity5.1
Medium
EPSS probability0.39%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
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Summary

What happened

Race condition in FreeScout before 1.8.181 allows remote authenticated users with administrator access to delete every administrator. The delete_user branch of UsersController::ajax counts administrators and then deletes the requested account without an atomic guard, so concurrent requests can each pass the last-administrator check. An administrator must submit concurrent deletion requests for different accounts; success can remove every administrator account and eliminate application administration until recovery.

The record

CVE
CVE-2025-48880
Published
May 30, 2025
Updated
May 30, 2025
Vendor
FreeScout
Product
FreeScout
Classifications
CWE-362, T1531
Attack vector
network
Privileges
admin

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. May 30, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. May 30, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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  1. Affected versionversion=< 1.8.181

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectornetwork
Required privilegesadmin

What is affected?

FreeScout · FreeScoutversion=< 1.8.181

Published CVSS scores

5.1GitHub, Inc.CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
6.6NIST NVDCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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Attacks

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Sep 9, 2026Sep 15, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 15, 2026
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Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectornetwork
Privilegesadmin
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitPublished

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-362Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')
T1531Account Access Removal

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