# CVE-2024-25975: Arbitrary File Overwrite

> An authenticated attacker can overwrite arbitrary files writable by the web server via path traversal in the voting function.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 29 May 2024
- **Updated:** 13 Feb 2025

## What is CVE-2024-25975?

CVE-2024-25975 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Interaction Design Team at the University of Applied Sciences and Arts in Hildesheim/Germany HAWKI, published on 29 May 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### 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).

Weakness: CWE-73 (External Control of File Name or Path)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-25975?


## How do I fix CVE-2024-25975?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-25975 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-25975 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-25975 exists.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-25975 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-25975 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Interaction Design Team at the University of Applied Sciences and Arts in Hildesheim/Germany HAWKI, published on 29 May 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-25975 exists.

Affected product: Interaction Design Team at the University of Applied Sciences and Arts in Hildesheim/Germany HAWKI. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-25975/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-25975/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-25975
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-25975
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-25975

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-25975/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.