CVE-2026-40590

MEDIUM SEVERITY

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Base Score

4.3 / 10

Vector String

                                        CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N                                    

Vulnerability Description

FreeScout is a free self-hosted help desk and shared mailbox. Prior to version 1.8.214, the Change Customer modal exposes a “Create a new customer” flow via POST /customers/ajax with action=create. Under limited visibility, the endpoint drops unique-email validation. If the supplied email already belongs to a hidden customer, Customer::create() reuses that hidden customer object and fills empty profile fields from attacker-controlled input. Version 1.8.214 fixes the vulnerability.

Vulnerability Details

Published Date

April 21, 2026

Last Modified

April 22, 2026

CWE ID

CWE-639

Source

NVD

Vendor

freescout-help-desk

Product

freescout

External References

https://github.com/freescout-help-desk/freescout/commit/b3d7611e6e173ed8a5e525b791deb6b32cf1ce62
https://github.com/freescout-help-desk/freescout/releases/tag/1.8.214
https://github.com/freescout-help-desk/freescout/security/advisories/GHSA-wjw4-8xg6-342m
https://github.com/freescout-help-desk/freescout/security/advisories/GHSA-wjw4-8xg6-342m

CVE-2026-40590

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