GHSA-23gj-x27g-r34f

Suggest an improvement
Source
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-23gj-x27g-r34f
Import Source
https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2022/05/GHSA-23gj-x27g-r34f/GHSA-23gj-x27g-r34f.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/GHSA-23gj-x27g-r34f
Aliases
Published
2022-05-17T02:43:14Z
Modified
2025-04-22T19:27:13Z
Severity
  • 8.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
MODX Revolution allows overwriting .htaccess
Details

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.

Database specific
{
    "cwe_ids":  [
        "CWE-434"
    ],
    "github_reviewed":  true,
    "github_reviewed_at":  "2025-04-22T18:43:38Z",
    "nvd_published_at":  "2017-05-18T16:29:00Z",
    "severity":  "HIGH"
}
References

Affected packages

Packagist / modx/revolution

Package

Name
modx/revolution
Purl
pkg:composer/modx/revolution

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.5.7

Database specific

source
"https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2022/05/GHSA-23gj-x27g-r34f/GHSA-23gj-x27g-r34f.json"