Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in MODx Content Management System 0.9.6.1 allow remote attackers to (1) include and execute…

Description

Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in MODx Content Management System 0.9.6.1 allow remote attackers to (1) include and execute arbitrary local files via a .. (dot dot) in the as_language parameter to assets/snippets/AjaxSearch/AjaxSearch.php, reached through index-ajax.php; and (2) read arbitrary local files via a .. (dot dot) in the file parameter to assets/js/htcmime.php.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

3.2% · top 12% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.4.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-22 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-22 and its CVEs

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (7)

• 3522 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
• 28220 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• http://modxcms.com/forums/index.php/topic%2C21290.0.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• modx-ajaxsearch-file-include(39352) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
• 27097 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• 20080102 MODx CMS Source code disclosure, local file inclusion (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
• 27096 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

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Record last updated 7 Aug 2024, 07:32 UTC.