Arbitrary File Overwrite
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).
- Products
- Not specified
- Affected versions
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- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2024-25975
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 4 Nov 2026, 22:14 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
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).
osv:CVE-2024-25975
Complete source record
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"url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-25975",
"method": "structured",
"payload": {
"kind": "advisory",
"title": "Arbitrary File Overwrite",
"summary": "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).",
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"modified": "2026-10-28T02:30:39.923903353Z",
"provider": "osv",
"references": [
"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2024/25xxx/CVE-2024-25975.json",
"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-25975",
"https://r.sec-consult.com/hawki",
"https://github.com/HAWK-Digital-Environments/HAWKI/commit/146967f3148e92d1640ffebc21d8914e2d7fb3f1",
"https://github.com/HAWK-Digital-Environments/HAWKI"
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}
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"source_id": "core-osv",
"document_id": 507521,
"published_at": "2024-05-29T13:13:14.625+00:00"
}