High

MODX Revolution Incorrect Access Control vulnerability

  • Disclosed: 13.05.2022
  • Updated: 11.10.2026 10:22

MODX Revolution version <=2.6.4 contains a Incorrect Access Control vulnerability in Filtering user parameters before passing them into phpthumb class that can result in Creating file with custom a filename and content. This attack appear to be exploitable via Web request. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in commit 06bc94257408f6a575de20ddb955aca505ef6e68.

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PlatformPackageVulnerable versionsFixed in
Composer package modx/revolution < 2.7.0 2.7.0

References

CVSS score 7.2/10
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-732
Platform
Composer
Package
modx/revolution
Disclosed
13.05.2022
Updated
11.10.2026 10:22

Sources and licenses

OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - GHSA-m899-6mh4-mpc5 - CC BY 4.0

Vulnerability history: modx/revolution

All published vulnerabilities of this package (Composer package), newest first. Shows whether this is a one-off slip or a package that needs watching.

All (14) in the archive
Total entries
14
First → latest
11.2021 03.2025
Without a fix
2
Exploited in attacks
0

Severity breakdown

  • Critical 1
  • High 5
  • Medium 7
  • Low 1

Disclosures per year

  1. 2021: 1
  2. 2022: 12
  3. 2023: 0
  4. 2024: 0
  5. 2025: 1
  6. 2026: 0
Severity:
  1. High · 8.8 CVE-2017-9069 < 2.5.7 2.5.7
  2. High · 7.0 CVE-2017-9067 < 2.5.7 2.5.7
  3. High · 8.8 CVE-2017-1000067 >= 2.0.0, < 2.6.0 2.6.0
  4. MODX Revolution Incorrect Access Control vulnerability this entry
    High · 7.2 CVE-2018-1000207 < 2.7.0 2.7.0
  5. High · 7.2 CVE-2022-26149 <= 2.8.3-pl no fix
  6. Critical · 9.1 CVE-2020-25911 < 2.8.0 2.8.0

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