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CVE-2024-34698

FreeScout is a free, self-hosted help desk and shared mailbox. Versions of FreeScout prior to 1.8.139 contain a Prototype Pollution vulnerability in the /public/js/main.js source file. The Prototype Pollution arises because the getQueryParam Function recursively merges an object containing user-controllable properties into an existing object (For URL Query Parameters Parsing), without first sanitizing the keys. This can allow an attacker to inject a property with a key proto, along with arbitrarily nested properties. The merge operation assigns the nested properties to the params object's prototype instead of the target object itself. As a result, the attacker can pollute the prototype with properties containing harmful values, which are then inherited by user-defined objects and…

CVSS v3.1
4.6 MEDIUM
EPSS
0.46%
probability of exploitation in 30 days
CISA KEV
Not listed
no confirmed exploitation reported
News coverage
0
sources referencing this CVE
CVSS v3.1 Detail
Attack VectorNETWORK
Attack ComplexityHIGH
Privileges RequiredLOW
User InteractionREQUIRED
ScopeUNCHANGED
ConfidentialityLOW
IntegrityLOW
AvailabilityLOW
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Connections
2 relationships
Timeline
disclosure → media coverage
May 14, 2024
Disclosure — published as a CVE record. · last revised by NVD Jan 10, 2025