CVE-2026-53592

medium

Description

FreeScout is a free help desk and shared inbox built with PHP's Laravel framework. A Prototype Pollution condition in the `getQueryParam` function `/public/js/main.js` and was addressed in version 1.8.139 by blocking URL query keys matching the pattern `__proto__`. However, this mitigation is incomplete: it only filters top-level `__proto__` keys and fails to sanitize nested forms such as `b[__proto__][polluted]=PWNED`. As a result, an attacker-controlled URL query string can still write into `Object.prototype` on any page that loads `main.js`. Version 1.8.223 contains a updated fix.

References

https://github.com/freescout-help-desk/freescout/security/advisories/GHSA-w5fc-8pp3-f755

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-07-20

Updated: 2026-07-21

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 4.6

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

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00045