CVE-2026-62850
FreeScout: Administrative tools.php endpoint is accessible to low-privileged users, enabling filesystem enumeration and unthrottled brute-force of application secrets
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- GitHub_M
Description
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| GitHub_MCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | Medium5.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N |
| NVDNVD · Received | 3.1 | Medium5.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- Not scored
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.3.
Weakness
- CWE-287: Improper Authentication (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-287 and its CVEs
- CWE-307: Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-307 and its CVEs
- CWE-538: Insertion of Sensitive Information into Externally-Accessible File or Directory (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-538 and its CVEs
Affected products
freescout-help-desk · freescout
- affected < 1.8.225
References (3)
- https://github.com/freescout-help-desk/freescout/security/advisories/GHSA-w2p9-3666-vw9j (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://github.com/freescout-help-desk/freescout/commit/8bb0594e95eab6661b4372e94ac02f62a6c3cb28 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/freescout-help-desk/freescout/releases/tag/1.8.225 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISC
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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