CVE-2023-52268 — The End-User Portal module before 1

The End-User Portal module before 1.0.65 for FreeScout sometimes allows an attacker to authenticate as an arbitrary user because a session token can be sent to the /auth endpoint. NOTE: this module is not part of freescout-helpdesk/freescout on GitHub.

01What is this vulnerability?

The End-User Portal module before 1.0.65 for FreeScout sometimes allows an attacker to authenticate as an arbitrary user because a session token can be sent to the /auth endpoint. NOTE: this module is not part of freescout-helpdesk/freescout on GitHub.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
n	a / n/a	n/a

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

Ask SARA in chat to draft a starting detection for this CVE in your stack of choice.

07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2024-11-12T00:00:00.000Z
• Last modified: 2024-11-19T16:51:30.173Z

09References

• freescout.net — https://freescout.net/module/end-user-portal/
• freescout.net — https://freescout.net/modules-faq/
• github.com — https://github.com/squ1dw3rm/CVE-2023-52268