Havalite CMS 1.1.7 upload.php unrestricted upload

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A vulnerability was found in Havalite CMS 1.1.7. It has been declared as critical. This affects an unknown part of the file upload.php. Executing a manipulation can lead to unrestricted upload. This vulnerability only affects products that are no longer supported by the maintainer. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2013-10055. The attack can be launched remotely. Moreover, an exploit is present.

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A vulnerability was found in Havalite CMS 1.1.7. It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects some unknown processing of the file upload.php. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a unrestricted upload vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-434. The product allows the attacker to upload or transfer files of dangerous types that can be automatically processed within the product's environment. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

An unauthenticated arbitrary file upload vulnerability exists in Havalite CMS version 1.1.7 (and possibly earlier) in the upload.php script. The application fails to enforce proper file extension validation and authentication checks, allowing remote attackers to upload malicious PHP files via a crafted multipart/form-data POST request. Once uploaded, the attacker can access the file directly under havalite/tmp/files/, resulting in remote code execution.

The weakness was disclosed by CWH and sinn3r. The advisory is available at raw.githubusercontent.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2013-10055 since 08/01/2025. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. Technical details and also a public exploit are known. This vulnerability is assigned to T1608.002 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

It is possible to download the exploit at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. By approaching the search of inurl:upload.php it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Exploit-DB (26243) and EUVD (EUVD-2013-7271). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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• Content Management System

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• Havalite

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• CMS

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• 1.1.7

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• end of life

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