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CVE-2026-41903

FreeScout IDOR Vulnerability: PERM_EDIT_USERS allows modifying any user's notification subscriptions (incomplete fix of CVE-2025-48472)

MEDIUM
5.4
CVSS Score
Published: May 7, 2026 at 06:02 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 10:47 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorFreescout

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Severity
MEDIUM5.4
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.3%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

FreeScout is a free help desk and shared inbox built with PHP's Laravel framework. Prior to version 1.8.217, a user holding the PERM_EDIT_USERS permission (intended for general user-profile editing) can read and modify the notification subscriptions of any other user, including admins, by sending a single POST request. This is a sibling of CVE-2025-48472's notification authorization bypass — the prior fix did not cover this code path. A non-admin attacker can silently disable an admin's email/browser/mobile notifications, suppressing security alerts and conversation-assignment notices. This issue has been patched in version 1.8.217.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Freescout· Freescout Help Desk
60%
v < 1.8.217
Affected range stops below 1.8.217, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

References (2)

x_refsource_CONFIRM
Source: cverecord
https://github.com/freescout-help-desk/freescout/security/advisories/GHSA-f489-qxv6-gvgg
x_refsource_MISC
Source: cverecord
https://github.com/freescout-help-desk/freescout/releases/tag/1.8.217

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatablePartial impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

5.4MEDIUMGitHub_M
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
LOW
Availability
LOW
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusDEFERRED
CWE
CWE-863

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