--- title: HTB: DevVortex | daily.dev description: Exploit a vulnerability in the Joomla server running on DevVortex to gain unauthorized access and obtain user and root flags. canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/htb-devvortex-fnlhhylin twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: HTB: DevVortex | daily.dev og:description: Exploit a vulnerability in the Joomla server running on DevVortex to gain unauthorized access and obtain user and root flags. og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/htb-devvortex-fnlhhylin og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/FNLHHyLIN.png og:image:alt: HTB: DevVortex og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # HTB: DevVortex **[0xdf hacks stuff](https://daily.dev/sources/0xdf)** · 20 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Exploit a vulnerability in the Joomla server running on DevVortex to gain unauthorized access and obtain user and root flags. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: --- Tags: [#web-security](https://daily.dev/tags/web-security) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/htb-devvortex-fnlhhylin) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"HTB: DevVortex","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/htb-devvortex-fnlhhylin","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/htb-devvortex-fnlhhylin"},"datePublished":"2024-04-27T15:01:38.982Z","dateModified":"2024-05-09T09:30:38.138Z","description":"Exploit a vulnerability in the Joomla server running on DevVortex to gain unauthorized access and obtain user and root flags.","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/485ec69eeb22b10e88da532930f460dc?_a=AQAEuiZ","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/485ec69eeb22b10e88da532930f460dc?_a=AQAEuiZ","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"0xdf hacks stuff","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"0xdf hacks stuff","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/16cdada70d5f4fac8b588c53bcf005ff","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/0xdf"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/htb-devvortex-fnlhhylin","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"web-security","timeRequired":"PT20M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"0xdf hacks stuff","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/0xdf"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"HTB: DevVortex"}]} ```