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CVE-2026-53592
FreeScout is a free help desk and shared inbox built with PHP's Laravel framework. A Prototype Pollution condition in the `getQueryParam` function `/public/js/main.js` and was addressed in version 1.8.139 by blocking URL query keys matching the pattern `__proto__`. However, this mitigation is incomplete: it only filters top-level `__proto__` keys and fails to sanitize nested forms such as `b[__proto__][polluted]=PWNED`. As a result, an attacker-controlled URL query string can still write into `O
Known exploited
Not asserted
Disputed
No
Stale source
No
Conflicts
0
Affected products and versions
1 source assertion{"product":"freescout","vendor":"freescout-help-desk","versions":[{"status":"affected","version":"< 1.8.223"}]}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5affectedurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:b2c578c7e4d10227d3c89e9237ed7a6b798efdcbd0575b76bcc325eba0c2f5a4 · sha256:2b043bf4c3335fe8… · /containers/cna/affected/0
Provider-owned CVSS observations
1 source assertion{"metric":{"attackComplexity":"HIGH","attackVector":"NETWORK","availabilityImpact":"LOW","baseScore":4.6,"baseSeverity":"MEDIUM","confidentialityImpact":"LOW","integrityImpact":"LOW","privilegesRequired":"LOW","scope":"UNCHANGED","userInteraction":"REQUIRED","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L","version":"3.1"},"metric_type":"cvssV3_1"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5cvssurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:b2c578c7e4d10227d3c89e9237ed7a6b798efdcbd0575b76bcc325eba0c2f5a4 · sha256:2b043bf4c3335fe8… · /containers/cna/metrics/0/cvssV3_1
CWE assertions
1 source assertion{"cweId":"CWE-1321","description":"CWE-1321: Improperly Controlled Modification of Object Prototype Attributes ('Prototype Pollution')","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5cweurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:b2c578c7e4d10227d3c89e9237ed7a6b798efdcbd0575b76bcc325eba0c2f5a4 · sha256:2b043bf4c3335fe8… · /containers/cna/problemTypes/0/descriptions/0
Source references
2 source assertions{"name":"https://github.com/freescout-help-desk/freescout/security/advisories/GHSA-w5fc-8pp3-f755","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM"],"url":"https://github.com/freescout-help-desk/freescout/security/advisories/GHSA-w5fc-8pp3-f755"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5referenceurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:b2c578c7e4d10227d3c89e9237ed7a6b798efdcbd0575b76bcc325eba0c2f5a4 · sha256:2b043bf4c3335fe8… · /containers/cna/references/0
{"tags":["exploit"],"url":"https://github.com/freescout-help-desk/freescout/security/advisories/GHSA-w5fc-8pp3-f755"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5referenceurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:b2c578c7e4d10227d3c89e9237ed7a6b798efdcbd0575b76bcc325eba0c2f5a4 · sha256:2b043bf4c3335fe8… · /containers/adp/0/references/0
Attribution and limitations
- CVE Program CVEList V5: Reproduce the MITRE copyright designation and CVE license in copies. Source →
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