FreeScout is a self-hosted help desk and shared mailbox.
CVE-2026-62854
FreeScout is a self-hosted help desk and shared mailbox. Prior to 1.8.225, a user who can edit a mailbox signature can combine a scriptable file uploaded through /uploads/upload with nested tag fragments that bypass Helper::stripDangerousTags(). The resulting external script is served from the same origin, so the script-src 'self' policy permits it when another user opens the affected mailbox reply editor or new-ticket page. The script executes with the victim's FreeScout privileges and can read visible data and perform same-origin actions. This issue is fixed in version 1.8.225.
Assessment
- CVSS
- 7.6 (v3.1)
- Severity
- High
- EPSS
- 0.22% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Known exploited
- Not listed in CISA KEV
- Exploit availability
- Nothing found in Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei or public PoC repositories
- Published
- 6 November 2026
- Last updated
- 11 November 2026
- Affected
- freescout-help-desk · freescout
- Assigner
- GitHub_M
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N
At the source
References
- https://github.com/freescout-help-desk/freescout/security/advisories/GHSA-jpq8-j69f-mj98
- https://github.com/freescout-help-desk/freescout/commit/315ad05f73886649cb8bc2c014dd74b62cc28502
- https://github.com/freescout-help-desk/freescout/commit/7f6a5042c1326ceaf511f13982178dce036cedbe
- https://github.com/freescout-help-desk/freescout/releases/tag/1.8.225
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