CVE-2026-85742

waiting for further signalsZero needs more public information before it can validate it.

GHSA-2g42-f97q-973x ↗EUVD-2026-118383 ↗

no check availablenot proven exploitable
cve.orgpublic pocExploit code has been published by someone. Source signals can also carry a PoC (Proof of Concept).kevAttacks confirmed in the real world.
freescout-help-desk FreeScout <1.8.230
fixed in 1.8.230
CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
ETK-2026-3745Zero's internal tracking ID, independent of the CVE number., permanent identifier
pkg:composer/freescout-help-desk/freescout
1d 06h 29msince last run
50mAI analysisAnalysis: how long the AI spent reversing this signal.
timeline
0 = cve.org publication
trigger signal (cve.org) +0hwaiting for further signals+1h26m
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description

FreeScout versions before 1.8.230 can retain attacker-supplied markup in failed alert-job records and render it unsafely in the administrator failed-job details page. An unauthenticated attacker may cause JavaScript to run with an administrator's same-origin privileges if the required logging and failed-job conditions exist and an administrator opens the details page directly.

mitigation

Upgrade FreeScout to version 1.8.230 or later. Until upgraded, restrict administrator access to failed-job details and avoid opening those records as top-level pages.

fixed in 1.8.230

check
no
exploit
no
automationDeterministic: a check that runs on its own, the same request on every target. Contextual: an agentic technique that needs to be applied per target, for bugs that depend on contextual flows.
contextual
auth requiredWhether an attacker needs an account first, based on the CVSS vector's Privileges Required.
no
EPSSEstimate of the chance this CVE is exploited in the next 30 days. Refreshed daily.
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agent run time
50m
cve.org record, t = 0The moment cve.org publishes the CVE in full.
2026-11-06 17:15Z
Δ to public pocExploit code has been published by someone. Source signals can also carry a PoC (Proof of Concept).
–
Δ to kevAttacks confirmed in the real world.
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outcome

Contextual, not validated: no deterministic check could cover this one, and no technique passed our review.

source signals

Public signals that triggered or updated the pipeline. These are inputs for the deltas above.

  1. 2026-11-06 17:15Z
    cve_org: trigger signal, started the run

this entry in the feed

GET /api/v1/feed/CVE-2026-85742

{
  "etk_id": "ETK-2026-3745",
  "cve_id": "CVE-2026-85742",
  "display_id": "CVE-2026-85742",
  "ghsa_id": "GHSA-2g42-f97q-973x",
  "euvd_id": "EUVD-2026-118383",
  "status": "published",
  "anchor_state": "anchored",
  "title": "Stored administrator XSS in FreeScout failed-job details",
  "summary": "FreeScout versions before 1.8.230 can retain attacker-supplied markup in failed alert-job records and render it unsafely in the administrator failed-job details page. An unauthenticated attacker may cause JavaScript to run with an administrator's same-origin privileges if the required logging and failed-job conditions exist and an administrator opens the details page directly.",
  "mitigation": "Upgrade FreeScout to version 1.8.230 or later. Until upgraded, restrict administrator access to failed-job details and avoid opening those records as top-level pages.",
  "vendor": "freescout-help-desk",
  "product": "FreeScout",
  "affected": [
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      "affected_notes": [],
      "affected_ranges": [
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      ],
      "ecosystem": "composer",
      "fixed_versions": [
        "1.8.230"
      ],
      "package_name": "freescout-help-desk/freescout",
      "purl": "pkg:composer/freescout-help-desk/freescout"
    }
  ],
  "cwes": [
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  ],
  "cvss_score": 7.5,
  "cvss_src": "cna_vendor",
  "cvss_vector": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
  "epss_score": null,
  "epss_percentile": null,
  "epss_asof": null,
  "automation": "contextual",
  "check": false,
  "check_confidence_basis": null,
  "exploit": false,
  "pipeline_minutes": 50.361308816666664,
  "t0_at": "2026-11-06T17:15:31.851000+00:00",
  "signals": {
    "trigger_signal": {
      "at": "2026-11-06T17:15:31.851000+00:00",
      "days": 0,
      "is_lower_bound": false,
      "measured_at": "2026-11-06T17:15:31.851000+00:00",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-85742"
    }
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}

published 2026-11-06 17:50Z
last change 2026-11-08 00:40Z

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