Path Traversal in Modxcms

CVE-2008-0094

Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in MODx Content Management System 0.9.6.1 allow remote attackers to (1) include and execute arbitrary local files via a .. (dot dot) in the as_language parameter to assets/snippets/AjaxSearch/AjaxSearch.php, reached through index-ajax.php; and (2) read arbitrary local files via a .. (dot dot) in the file parameter to assets/js/htcmime.php.

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

EPSS: 0.032 (86.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

  • Modxcms — versions 0.9.6.1
  • N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

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