Vulnerability · Published May 29, 2024 · Assigned by SEC-VLab
CVE-2024-25975Arbitrary File Overwrite
Medium 6.5
In plain English
A medium-severity security flaw in HAWKI from Interaction Design Team at the University of Applied Sciences and Arts in Hildesheim/Germany. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.6% (higher than 48% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
The application implements an up- and downvote function which alters a value within a JSON file. The POST parameters are not filtered properly and therefore an arbitrary file can be overwritten. The file can be controlled by an authenticated attacker, the content cannot be controlled. It is possible to overwrite all files for which the webserver has write access. It is required to supply a relative path (path traversal).
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Interaction Design Team at the University of Applied Sciences and Arts in Hildesheim/Germany | HAWKI | versions before commit 146967f |
Weakness: CWE-73 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N