CVE-2026-40590 PUBLISHED

FreeScout's Customer AJAX Create Modifies Hidden Existing Customer

Assigner: GitHub_M
Reserved: 14.04.2026 Published: 21.04.2026 Updated: 21.04.2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
CVSS Score: 4.3

Product Status

Vendor freescout-help-desk
Product freescout
Versions
  • Version < 1.8.214 is affected

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-639: Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key CWE