CVE-2018-1000207 MODX Revolution Incorrect Access Control vulnerability

What is CVE-2018-1000207?

CVE-2018-1000207 is a high-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 13 Jul 2018. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

Official description

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.

Weakness: CWE-732

Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-1000207?

2 open source packages ship an affected version, including modx/revolution. It affects 1 product.

Products include Modx Modx Revolution.

How do I fix CVE-2018-1000207?

Upgrade modx/revolution to 2.7.0 or later.

Is CVE-2018-1000207 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-1000207 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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-m899-6mh4-mpc5.