CVE-2010-5278

NVD analysis

Status

Modified

Published

2012-10-07T20:55:00.907

Last modified

2026-06-16T23:26:28.083

Weaknesses

CWE-22

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.

References

• http://modxcms.com/forums/index.php/topic%2C55104.0.html
• http://modxcms.com/forums/index.php/topic%2C55105.msg317273.html
• http://packetstormsecurity.org/1009-exploits/modx202pl-lfi.txt (Third Party Advisory)
• http://secunia.com/advisories/41638 (Vendor Advisory)
• http://www.johnleitch.net/Vulnerabilities/MODx.Revolution.2.0.2-pl.Local.File.Inclusion/49 (Third Party Advisory)
• http://www.osvdb.org/68265 (Broken Link)
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/43577 (Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/62073 (Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
• http://modxcms.com/forums/index.php/topic%2C55104.0.html
• http://modxcms.com/forums/index.php/topic%2C55105.msg317273.html
• http://packetstormsecurity.org/1009-exploits/modx202pl-lfi.txt (Third Party Advisory)
• http://secunia.com/advisories/41638 (Vendor Advisory)
• http://www.johnleitch.net/Vulnerabilities/MODx.Revolution.2.0.2-pl.Local.File.Inclusion/49 (Third Party Advisory)
• http://www.osvdb.org/68265 (Broken Link)
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/43577 (Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/62073 (Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)

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CVE record

Assigner

mitre

State

PUBLISHED

Published

2012-10-07T20:00:00.000Z

Updated

2024-08-07T04:17:10.117Z

Problem types

n/a

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.

References

• http://packetstormsecurity.org/1009-exploits/modx202pl-lfi.txt
• http://modxcms.com/forums/index.php/topic%2C55104.0.html
• 43577
• 41638
• modx-classkey-file-include(62073)
• http://www.johnleitch.net/Vulnerabilities/MODx.Revolution.2.0.2-pl.Local.File.Inclusion/49
• http://modxcms.com/forums/index.php/topic%2C55105.msg317273.html
• 68265

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Detection rules (SigmaHQ)

SigmaHQ rules whose own tags name this CVE. Each rule page shows the rule as its author published it.

• CVE-2010-5278 Exploitation Attempt (status test, level critical)

Defensive techniques (MITRE D3FEND)

D3FEND maps these defensive techniques to the weakness (CWE) that NVD lists for this CVE, through the digital artifacts the weakness affects. D3FEND does not say they stop this vulnerability.

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