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CVE-2026-40565
MEDIUM · CVSS 6.1
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2026-04-21T16:16:20.390 · Last modified 2026-06-17T10:45:27.707

Summary

FreeScout is a free self-hosted help desk and shared mailbox. Prior to version 1.8.213, FreeScout's linkify() function in app/Misc/Helper.php converts plain-text URLs in email bodies into HTML anchor tags without escaping double-quote characters (") in the URL. HTMLPurifier (called first via getCleanBody()) preserves literal " characters in text nodes. linkify() then wraps URLs including those " chars inside an unescaped href="..." attribute, breaking out of the href and injecting arbitrary HTML attributes. Version 1.8.213 fixes the issue.

Affected products

freescout — freescout

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References

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