Trudesk through 1.2.11 Path Traversal and Authorization Bypass via Profile Image Upload

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Trudesk through 1.2.11 Path Traversal and Authorization Bypass via Profile Image Upload

Severity: medium
Date: 10/21/2026
Affecting: trudesk <= 1.2.11
CVE: CVE-2026-114402
CWE: CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
CVSS: 5.3
CVSS V4 Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
References: https://hackmd.io/@leediay/multiple-vuln-trudesk-1211
https://github.com/polonel/trudesk/blob/v1.2.11/src/controllers/accounts.js#L454-L553
https://github.com/polonel/trudesk
Credit: leediay153 from Viettel Post
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.

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