CVE-2022-26149

Revolution vulnerability

CVSS

7.2

EPSS

9.3%

EPSS pct

95th

Exploited

No known

MODX Revolution through 2.8.3-pl allows remote authenticated administrators to execute arbitrary code by uploading an executable file, because the Uploadable File Types setting can be changed by an administrator.

Affected vendor

Modx

Affected product

Revolution

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness type (CWE)

CWE-434 — Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type

Published

2022-02-26

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring high privileges, no user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to confidentiality, high impact to integrity, high impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 9.3% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 95% of all scored CVEs.

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