CVE-2026-40590
Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
Unavailable / Other
Publication date:
21/04/2026
Last modified:
22/04/2026
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.
Impact
Base Score 3.x
4.30
Severity 3.x
MEDIUM
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
- 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



