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FreeScout missing access checks expose other users' conversations

Other people's support conversations can be read in FreeScout.

Summary

Missing access checks in FreeScout, a help desk application, can expose conversation content, notifications and attachment details across users and mailboxes. People who run it on their own servers are affected.

Affected when

  • guest session with a valid CSRF token
  • logged-in agent who belongs to at least one mailbox
  • logged-in user restricted to seeing only assigned conversations

What to do

Update to version 1.8.226 or later.

Products and platforms

  • FreeScout

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