Privilege escalation in Fred Modx Revolution

CVE-2019-1010178

Fred MODX Revolution < 1.0.0-beta5 is affected by: Incorrect Access Control - CWE-648. The impact is: Remote Code Execution. The component is: assets/components/fred/web/elfinder/connector.php. The attack vector is: Uploading a PHP file or change data in the database. The fixed version is: https://github.com/modxcms/fred/commit/139cefac83b2ead90da23187d92739dec79d3ccd and https://github.com/modxcms/fred/commit/01f0a3d1ae7f3970639c2a0db1887beba0065246.

Published · last modified .

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.046 (91.3th percentile), scored .

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 91st percentile — 91.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2019-1010178: held from 0.046 to 0.046.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.046 · newest: 0.046 · change: 0.000

Affected products

  • Fred Modx Revolution — versions < 1.0.0-beta5 [fixed: https://github.com/modxcms/fred/commit/139cefac83b2ead90da23187d92739dec79d3ccd and https://github.com/modxcms/fred/commit/01f0a3d1ae7f3970639c2a0db1887beba0065246]
  • Modx Fred — versions 1.0.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-1010178?
CVE-2019-1010178 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Fred Modx Revolution, classified under CWE-648. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2019-07-24.
How severe is CVE-2019-1010178?
Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.