CVE-2023-52268 Auth bypass in n/a
An attacker can authenticate as an arbitrary user in the FreeScout End-User Portal by sending a session token to the authentication endpoint.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2023-52268?
CVE-2023-52268 is a critical authentication bypass vulnerability in n/a, published on 12 Nov 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
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.
Weakness: CWE-384
Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-52268?
How do I fix CVE-2023-52268?
No fix has been published for CVE-2023-52268 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and rotate credentials and sessions that may have been exposed. More about Authentication bypass.
Is CVE-2023-52268 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-52268 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Public exploit code: 1 proofs of concept on GitHub.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-jxg2-g8jw-r8cj.