CVEvulnerability
CVE-2017-9069
8.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2017-05-18
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 8.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 6.5 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-434
Description
In MODX Revolution before 2.5.7, a user with file upload permissions is able to execute arbitrary code by uploading a file with the name .htaccess.
Affected configurations
• modx modx revolution (<= 2.5.6)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-434 Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type weakness
References
- https://citadelo.com/en/2017/04/modx-revolution-cms/ Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/modxcms/revolution/pull/13423 Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://citadelo.com/en/2017/04/modx-revolution-cms/ Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/modxcms/revolution/pull/13423 Patch, Vendor Advisory