01 Record
CVE-2026-40567
FreeScout has HTML Injection in Outgoing Emails via Unsanitized Customer Name in Signature Variables
MediumPUBLISHEDCNA: GitHub_M
CNA base score5.8 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N
02 Description
FreeScout has HTML Injection in Outgoing Emails via Unsanitized Customer Name in Signature Variables
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Public exploit code exists. CISA's assessment records a public proof of concept. That is not a report of exploitation in the wild.
- SSVC decision
- ExploitationpocPublic proof-of-concept exploit code exists. Not a report of exploitation in the wild.
- AutomatableyesAn attacker can reliably automate reconnaissance through exploitation, so this scales.
- Technical ImpactpartialSuccessful exploitation gives limited control of the vulnerable component.
- EPSS probability
- 0.24% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 15.2% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 5.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N
- NVD analysis status
- Deferred. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2026-04-21 16:06Z6 MO AGO
- Last updated
- 2026-04-21 19:17Z6 MO AGO
- Reserved
- 2026-04-14
- Assigning CNA
- GitHub_M
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Medium (CVSS 5.8)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-116Improper Encoding or Escaping of OutputClass
- Data version
- 5.2
- Document digest
- c26a1ab82556f8214a4e2ee1c2f9e3b0923f640e2fce6a47ee6c05a4e264b55f
05 Affected products
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