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FreeScout stored admin XSS via failed-job details

If an admin opens a certain page, attackers can act with admin rights.

Summary

FreeScout is a self-hosted help desk and shared mailbox tool. Before 1.8.230, an unauthenticated attacker can plant a script through a failed-login email that runs with administrator rights when an administrator opens the job details page directly.

Affected when

  • Logs Monitoring enabled for users
  • A failed alert email job
  • Queue failure storage in use
  • Administrator opens the job details page as a top-level page

What to do

Update to version 1.8.230 or later.

Products and platforms

  • FreeScout

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