THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2010-5278
MEDIUM SEVERITY

CVE-2010-5278

Modx Revolution vulnerability

CVSS
4.3
EPSS
17.0%
EPSS pct
97th
Exploited
No known
Directory traversal vulnerability in manager/controllers/default/resource/tvs.php in MODx Revolution 2.0.2-pl, and possibly earlier, when magic_quotes_gpc is disabled, allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the class_key parameter. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.
Affected vendor
Modx
Affected product
Modx Revolution
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Weakness type (CWE)
Published
2012-10-07

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, medium attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to partial impact to confidentiality.

Its EPSS score of 17.0% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 97% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2010-5278

  • Confirm whether Modx Modx Revolution is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2010-5278.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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