Authenticated file deletion via traversal path
Published May 14, 2024 · Updated Feb 13, 2025
Path traversal in HTMLy 2.9.6 allows remote authenticated users to delete arbitrary server files through a crafted request. The delete_post function in admin.php accepts a traversal path and applies the file-deletion operation without confining it to post files. A low-privileged application account is required, and successful exploitation removes files writable by the web-server process.
Summary
What happened
Path traversal in HTMLy 2.9.6 allows remote authenticated users to delete arbitrary server files through a crafted request. The delete_post function in admin.php accepts a traversal path and applies the file-deletion operation without confining it to post files. A low-privileged application account is required, and successful exploitation removes files writable by the web-server process.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-34191
- Published
- May 14, 2024
- Updated
- Feb 13, 2025
- Vendor
- Danang Probo Sayekti
- Product
- HTMLy
- Classifications
- CWE-35, T1070.004
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
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- May 14, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Feb 13, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=2.9.6
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