CVE-2010-5278 Path traversal in n/a

What is CVE-2010-5278?

CVE-2010-5278 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in n/a, published on 7 Oct 2012. It can be exploited over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

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.

Weakness: CWE-22

Which versions are affected by CVE-2010-5278?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Modx Modx Revolution.

How do I fix CVE-2010-5278?

No fix has been published for CVE-2010-5278 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.

Is CVE-2010-5278 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2010-5278 exists.

Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry and 1 Nuclei template.

Other vulnerabilities in n/a

• CVE-2017-7321 Code injection in n/a Critical 9.8
• CVE-2017-7324 Code injection in n/a Critical 9.8
• CVE-2020-25911 XML External Entity vulnerability in MODX CMS Critical 9.1
• CVE-2017-9069 MODX Revolution allows overwriting .htaccess High 8.8
• CVE-2017-7322 Weak cryptography in n/a High 8.1

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-pcqw-62rj-gj5j.