CVE-2026-53592CWE-1321

FreeScout vulnerable to prototype pollution in getQueryParam

Medium · published July 20, 2026

CVSS v3.1
4.6
EPSS
0%
Percentile
8.6
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
4.6 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00194 · 8.6th percentile
Weakness
CWE-1321 · Improperly Controlled Modification of Object Prototype Attributes ('Prototype Pollution')
Published
2026-07-20T19:49Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 20 JUL 19:49Z
    FreeScout vulnerable to prototype pollution in getQueryParam
    cvelistv5