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.
History

Fri, 29 May 2026 21:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Freescout Helpdesk
Freescout Helpdesk freescout
Vendors & Products Freescout Helpdesk
Freescout Helpdesk freescout

Fri, 29 May 2026 20:15:00 +0000

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Description 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.
Title FreeScout: User Account Enumeration via Password Reset Response Differentiation
Weaknesses CWE-203
CWE-204
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-05-29T19:52:22.535Z

Reserved: 2026-05-11T20:14:43.201Z

Link: CVE-2026-45294

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No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2026-05-29T20:16:25.833

Modified: 2026-05-29T20:21:38.773

Link: CVE-2026-45294

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No data.

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Updated: 2026-05-29T21:30:06Z