CVE-2026-62850
FreeScout: Administrative tools.php endpoint is accessible to low-privileged users, enabling filesystem enumeration and unthrottled brute-force of application secrets
CVSS Score
5.3
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th
FreeScout is a self-hosted help desk and shared mailbox. Prior to 1.8.225, the administrative tools.php maintenance endpoint is reachable without an appropriate authentication or access-control boundary. Response differences for attacker-controlled path values disclose whether arbitrary directories and files exist on the server. The same endpoint validates application-key and database-password candidates without rate limiting, per-session throttling, or a CAPTCHA, allowing unrestricted guessing attempts against application secrets. This issue is fixed in version 1.8.225.
| CWE | CWE-287 CWE-307 CWE-538 |
| Vendor | freescout-help-desk |
| Product | freescout |
| Published | Nov 6, 2026 |
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CVSS v3 Breakdown
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Affected Versions
freescout-help-desk / freescout
< 1.8.225