๐Ÿ” CVE Alert

CVE-2026-32754

CRITICAL 9.3

FreeScout: Stored XSS via Unescaped Email Template Rendering ({!! $thread->body !!})

CVSS Score
9.3
EPSS Score
0.1%
EPSS Percentile
21th

FreeScout is a free help desk and shared inbox built with PHP's Laravel framework. Versions 1.8.208 and below are vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) through FreeScout's email notification templates. Incoming email bodies are stored in the database without sanitization and rendered unescaped in outgoing email notifications using Blade's raw output syntax {!! $thread->body !!}. An unauthenticated attacker can exploit this vulnerability by simply sending an email, and when opened by any subscribed agent or admin as part of their normal workflow, enabling universal HTML injection (phishing, tracking) and, in vulnerable email clients, JavaScript execution (session hijacking, credential theft, account takeover) affecting all recipients simultaneously. This issue has been fixed in version 1.8.209.

CWE CWE-79 CWE-116
Vendor freescout-help-desk
Product freescout
Published Mar 19, 2026
Last Updated Mar 20, 2026
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CVSS v3 Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
None

Affected Versions

freescout-help-desk / freescout
< 1.8.209

References

NVD โ†— CVE.org โ†— EPSS Data โ†—
github.com: https://github.com/freescout-help-desk/freescout/security/advisories/GHSA-56h2-5556-r6mg github.com: https://github.com/freescout-help-desk/freescout/commit/3329379db38a86cf7069b0709061b95a7d38985b github.com: https://github.com/freescout-help-desk/freescout/releases/tag/1.8.209