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CVE-2026-114402: Trudesk through 1.2.11 Path Traversal and Authorization Bypass via Profile Image Upload

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2026-10-21 · updated 2026-10-30
• Weakness: CWE-22

Description

Trudesk through 1.2.11 contains a path traversal and authorization bypass vulnerability in accountsController.uploadImage that allows authenticated users to overwrite other users' avatars via form-supplied _id and username fields. Attackers can supply a username like /../../../x to bypass the incomplete CVE-2022-1752 sanitization and write png, jpg, jpeg, or gif files outside public/uploads/users.

Affected products

• polonel/trudesk: through 1.2.11
• polonel/trudesk: through 1.2.11

References

• https://github.com/polonel/trudesk
• https://github.com/polonel/trudesk/blob/v1.2.11/src/controllers/accounts.js#L454-L553
• https://hackmd.io/@leediay/multiple-vuln-trudesk-1211
• https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/trudesk-through-1.2.11-path-traversal-and-authorization-bypass-via-profile-image-upload
• https://hackmd.io/@leediay/multiple-vuln-trudesk-1211

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