Attack ChainAIDerived
Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain
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AccessIdentify accessible TREK Photo Proxy endpoint
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ExploitCraft request with manipulated share token
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ExecutionBypass validateShareTokenForAsset authorization logic
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ImpactRetrieve unauthorized journey photo assets
Vulnerability Assessment
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CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A01:2025 - Broken Access Control
ASVS 5.0
V8 - Authorization Authorization logic validation
MITRE ATT&CK
1 technique across 1 tactic: Privilege Escalation The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. |
| Exploitation Conditions | The vulnerable |
| Impact | The CVSS 4.0 vector (AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N, score 6.3) places this firmly in the medium range. AC:H is the primary mitigating factor - exploitation requires specific conditions beyond a simple network request, meaningfully reducing the realistic attacker pool. The VC:L rating indicates limited confidentiality impact (journey photos), with no integrity, availability, or scope-change impact. There is no CISA KEV listing and no publicly known exploit code, so this remains a theoretical-to-opportunistic risk rather than an active threat. EPSS data was not provided; given the high complexity and niche self-hosted deployment model, real-world exploitation probability is assessed as low. The vulnerability is nonetheless worth patching promptly because TREK instances are self-hosted and may not receive automated updates, and the fix is bundled into a major release that resolves 17 additional issues. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | An attacker who knows or can guess a valid journey photo proxy URL sends a crafted HTTP request to the Journey Photo Proxy endpoint with a manipulated or absent share token. By exploiting the flawed token-validation logic in |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Aug 25, 2026
Incorrect authorization in liketrek TREK's Journey Photo Proxy (all versions through 3.0.22) enables remote unauthenticated attackers to bypass share token validation in the validateShareTokenForAsset function, potentially exposing journey photos without a valid share token. The CVSS 4.0 score of 6.3 reflects high attack complexity that constrains practical exploitation despite requiring no authentication or user interaction. No public exploit code exists and this vulnerability is absent from the CISA KEV catalog; vendor-released patch v3.1.0 is available and strongly recommended for all self-hosted instances.
RemediationAI
Upgrade to TREK v3.1.0, available at https://github.com/liketrek/TREK/releases/tag/v3.1.0; the vendor explicitly states this release fixes the authorization bypass and strongly recommends updating every self-hosted instance. Important caveat: Proxmox VE community-script users should delay the upgrade until the updated LXC helper script is merged into ProxmoxVED, as v3.1.0 restructures the build layout (npm workspaces monorepo, compiled dist/ output) in ways that the current community script does not support - premature upgrade via the script's Update option may leave the container in a broken state. Docker, Unraid, Helm, and manual installs are not affected by this caveat and can upgrade immediately. No specific workaround for the authorization bypass itself has been published; if upgrading immediately is not possible, restricting network access to the Journey Photo Proxy endpoint via a reverse-proxy ACL or firewall rule would reduce exposure at the cost of disabling photo-sharing functionality.
Affected VersionsENISA
Affected Packages
Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)
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Technical ContextAI · show details
TREK is a self-hosted travel and journey tracking application built (prior to v3.1.0) on an Express backend with a React frontend; v3.1.0 migrated to a NestJS backend and React 19. The affected component is the Journey Photo Proxy, which exposes journey photos to unauthenticated or share-link consumers via the validateShareTokenForAsset function. CWE-863 (Incorrect Authorization) describes flaws where a system checks whether a principal is authenticated but fails to correctly verify that the authenticated (or token-bearing) principal is authorized for the specific requested resource - in this case, a journey asset. The CPE string cpe:2.3:a:liketrek:trek:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* confirms all TREK versions are in scope up to the fix. The GitHub security advisory GHSA-24x9-fcj9-vp6w was part of a batch of 18 privately-reported security issues resolved in v3.1.0.
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Severity by source
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Network-accessible proxy endpoint requires no credentials but high complexity to exploit; impact is limited to partial confidentiality of journey photos with no integrity, availability, or scope change.
Primary rating from Vendor (VulDB).
CVSS VectorVendor: VulDB
DescriptionCVE.org
A weakness has been identified in liketrek TREK up to 3.0.22. This impacts the function validateShareTokenForAsset of the component Journey Photo Proxy. Executing a manipulation can lead to incorrect authorization. The attack can be launched remotely. This attack is characterized by high complexity. The exploitability is said to be difficult. Upgrading to version 3.1.0 will fix this issue. You should upgrade the affected component.
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SSVC AssessmentENISA
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Attack Technique
Authentication bypass attacks exploit flaws in the verification mechanisms that control access to systems and applications.
Server-side request forgery in TREK before 3.3.0 allows an authenticated user (CVSS PR:L) to persist an attacker-control
Authentication bypass in TREK collaborative travel planner (versions prior to 2.7.2) allows authenticated attackers with
TREK, a collaborative travel-planning web application, authorizes the DELETE /api/trips/:tripId/collab/notes/:noteId/fil
Share-link token theft in TREK versions 3.0.0 through 3.0.x allows any ordinary authenticated user to exfiltrate private
Path traversal in the liketrek TREK Public Journey Photo Proxy controller allows remote attackers - without authenticati
Improper authentication in liketrek TREK up to version 3.0.22 allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to bypass the OID
Server-side request forgery in TREK (versions prior to 3.4.0) allows an authenticated user to reach internal services or
Server-Side Request Forgery in TREK, a collaborative travel planner, allows any authenticated user to pivot the server i
Authentication bypass in liketrek TREK up to v3.0.22 allows a remote attacker with valid credentials to circumvent two-f
TREK, a self-hosted collaborative travel planner, returns complete trip itinerary data - day plans, assignments, notes,
SQL injection in liketrek TREK's Journey Entry Update endpoint allows authenticated remote attackers to manipulate under
Insecure direct object reference in TREK collaborative travel planner before 3.1.3 allows any authenticated user with fi
EUVD-2026-65475
GHSA-j7mw-g2xq-7xfh
NVD
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EPSS
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