CVE-2026-45294

Summary

FreeScout is a free help desk and shared inbox built with PHP's Laravel framework. Prior to 1.8.219, the password reset endpoint returns visually distinct responses depending on whether the submitted email address belongs to an existing user account, allowing unauthenticated attackers to enumerate valid helpdesk agent email addresses. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.8.219.

Affected Software

VendorProductVersion RangeStatus
freescout-help-deskfreescout< 1.8.219affected

Weaknesses

  • CWE-203: CWE-203: Observable Discrepancy
  • CWE-204: CWE-204: Observable Response Discrepancy

ADP Enrichment

CISA ADP Vulnrichment

  • SSVC:
  • Exploitation: poc
    • Automatable: yes
    • Technical Impact: partial

Additional References

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