Attack ChainAIDerived
Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain
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AccessAuthenticate to Trudesk instance
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ExploitCraft POST /api/v1/messages/send with spoofed owner and cId
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ExecutionServer stores message under forged identity
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ImpactImpersonate victim in foreign conversation
Vulnerability Assessment
| Weakness |
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A01:2025 - Broken Access Control
ASVS 5.0
V8 - Authorization Object-level authorization, IDOR prevention
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| Exploitation Conditions | Requires a valid authenticated Trudesk session with at least low-privilege user rights (PR:L) - the attacker must be a legitimate account holder, not an anonymous remote attacker. Given that, exploitation needs no special or non-default configuration: the attacker simply issues a POST /api/v1/messages/send request containing attacker-chosen owner and cId parameters against default deployments of Trudesk through 1.2.11, and the server fails to verify that the requester owns the identity or belongs to the target conversation. The primary limiting factor is the authentication requirement; impact is confined to message spoofing/impersonation (integrity), with no confidentiality or availability effect. |
| Impact | This is a moderate-severity integrity issue rather than a top-tier priority. The supplied CVSS 4.0 vector (AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N) scores 5.3 and shows a network-reachable, low-complexity attack that requires an authenticated low-privilege account (PR:L) and no user interaction, with impact limited to integrity of the vulnerable system (VI:L) and no confidentiality or availability impact (VC:N/VA:N). The weakness is CWE-639 (authorization bypass / IDOR), consistent with the description of users spoofing message authorship. Real-world risk is tempered by the authentication requirement and the narrow impact - message spoofing/impersonation inside conversations, not data theft or code execution. No EPSS score was provided, so exploitation probability cannot be quantified; the CVE is NOT listed in CISA KEV and no formal proof-of-concept flag is present in the input, although a third-party HackMD write-up and direct source-code line references (messages.js L183-L253) are cited and could materially lower the effort to reproduce. The notable aggravating factor is that this is described as an incomplete fix of CVE-2022-1931, meaning the vendor previously attempted remediation and the control remains bypassable - a pattern that warrants prompt patching despite the modest score. No key signals are internally conflicting: network vector, low privileges, and integrity-only impact all align with an authenticated IDOR. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | A low-privileged but authenticated Trudesk user sends a crafted POST /api/v1/messages/send request supplying arbitrary owner and cId values, causing the server to store a message attributed to another user inside a conversation the attacker is not a participant in. This enables impersonation and social-engineering within the helpdesk (e.g., forging messages from staff or other customers). No formal POC is flagged in the input, but a public technical write-up and the exact vulnerable source lines are referenced, making reproduction straightforward. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Oct 21, 2026
Message spoofing and user impersonation in Trudesk through 1.2.11 allow authenticated users to inject messages as other accounts into conversations they do not belong to by supplying arbitrary owner and cId values to POST /api/v1/messages/send. The vulnerability is an incomplete fix for CVE-2022-1931, rated CVSS 5.3 with integrity-only impact and requiring a valid low-privilege session (PR:L); it is a moderate-severity integrity issue rather than a top-tier priority, and no public exploit identified at time of analysis.
RemediationAI
No vendor-released patch identified at time of analysis; upgrade Trudesk to a version later than 1.2.11 if/when the vendor publishes a fixed release. Until then, enforce server-side authorization in apiMessages.send so the owner parameter must equal the authenticated session user and cId must be a conversation the user belongs to, returning HTTP 403 on mismatch; this requires code changes and testing but closes the root cause. As compensating controls, use a reverse proxy or API gateway to restrict POST /api/v1/messages/send to trusted clients or specific roles, with the trade-off of limiting legitimate API integrations, and add monitoring/alerting for messages whose owner differs from the session user or whose cId is outside the user's conversation list. A WAF virtual patch can block requests with owner/cId values inconsistent with the authenticated session, but it must be tuned to avoid false positives. Consult the VulnCheck advisory (https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/trudesk-through-1.2.11-authorization-bypass-via-api-v1-messages-send) for updates.
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Technical ContextAI · show details
Trudesk is a Node.js-based help desk/ticketing application exposing a REST API under /api/v1. The apiMessages.send controller (src/controllers/api/v1/messages.js, lines 183-253) accepts client-supplied owner and cId parameters but does not verify that the authenticated session's user matches owner or that the user is a member of the target conversation cId. This is CWE-639 (Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key), an IDOR class flaw, and the incomplete fix for CVE-2022-1931 left the owner/cId trust boundary unenforced. The independent assessment scores this CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N (5.3), confirming network-reachable, low-privilege, integrity-only impact with no confidentiality or availability effect; the provided CVSS 4.0 vector similarly shows PR:L and VI:L only.
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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
Authenticated low-privilege API user (PR:L) sends a network request with no UI; impact is limited to forging message content, so I:L and C:N/A:N.
Primary rating from Vendor (VulnCheck).
CVSS VectorVendor: VulnCheck
DescriptionCVE.org
Trudesk through 1.2.11 contains an authorization bypass vulnerability in apiMessages.send that allows authenticated users to post messages as other users due to an incomplete CVE-2022-1931 fix. Attackers can supply arbitrary owner and cId values to POST /api/v1/messages/send to inject spoofed messages into conversations they do not belong to.
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Attack Technique
Authentication bypass attacks exploit flaws in the verification mechanisms that control access to systems and applications.
Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type in GitHub repository polonel/trudesk prior to 1.2.4. Rated critical seve
Incorrect Use of Privileged APIs in GitHub repository polonel/trudesk prior to 1.2.4. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8)
Weak Password Requirements in GitHub repository polonel/trudesk prior to 1.2.2. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this
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Improper Privilege Management in GitHub repository polonel/trudesk prior to 1.2.2. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this
Incorrect Synchronization in GitHub repository polonel/trudesk prior to 1.2.3. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.1), this vuln
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Use of Incorrect Operator in GitHub repository polonel/trudesk prior to 1.2.3. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.5), this vu
Integer Overflow or Wraparound in GitHub repository polonel/trudesk prior to 1.2.2. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.5), th
Allowing long password leads to denial of service in polonel/trudesk in GitHub repository polonel/trudesk prior to 1.2.2
EUVD-2026-107242
GHSA-7gvc-74f6-rqx4
NVD
CVE.org
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