Description
HolaCMS 1.4.9 does not restrict file access to the holaDB/votes directory, which allows remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via a modified vote_filename parameter.
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
- HolaCMS 1.2/1.4.x Voting Module - Remote File Corruption EDB-25217 · webapps · Mar 12, 2005 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- 20050315 Virginity Security Advisory 2005-001 : Hola CMS - File destruction and System access mailing-list
- http://www.holacms.de/?content=changelog
- 14566 third-party-advisory
- hola-votefilename-directory-traversal(19672) vdb-entry