CVE-2026-62850

FreeScout: Administrative tools.php endpoint is accessible to low-privileged users, enabling filesystem enumeration and unthrottled brute-force of application secrets

Published Nov 6, 2026 CVSS 3.1 · 5.3 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
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.

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History
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Freescout Helpdesk
Freescout Helpdesk freescout
Vendors & Products Freescout Helpdesk
Freescout Helpdesk freescout
Type Values Removed Values Added
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.
Title FreeScout: Administrative tools.php endpoint is accessible to low-privileged users, enabling filesystem enumeration and unthrottled brute-force of application secrets
Weaknesses CWE-287
CWE-307
CWE-538
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N'}

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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
GitHub_M
Published
Updated
Nov 11, 2026, 3:12 AM
Reserved
Jul 14, 2026, 9:10 PM
Status
Deferred
Published
Nov 6, 2026, 5:18 PM
Modified
Nov 12, 2026, 10:11 PM