CVE-2026-40565

MediumCVSS 6.1/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 6.1/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Weakness enumeration

CWE-79

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published: Apr 21, 2026
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Analyzed

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