Description
PVote before 1.9 does not authenticate users for restricted operations, which allows remote attackers to add or delete polls by modifying parameters to (1) add.php or (2) del.php.
Public exploits
Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.
Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.
Exploit-DB 1
- PVote 1.0/1.5 - Poll Content Manipulation EDB-21391 · webapps · Apr 18, 2002 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- pvote-add-delete-polls(8877) vdb-entry
- 4540 vdb-entry
- 20020418 [[ TH 026 Inc. ]] SA #1 - Multiple vulnerabilities in PVote 1.5 mailing-list
- http://orbit-net.net:8001/php/pvote/