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SCA: security update for modx/revolution (GHSA-cgrv-6h2h-6f7v)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 431837

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - In MODX Revolution before 2.5.7, when PHP 5.3.3 is used, an attacker is able to include and execute
 arbitrary files on the web server due to insufficient validation of the action parameter to
 setup/index.php, aka directory traversal. (CVE-2017-9067)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-cgrv-6h2h-6f7v

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 431837

Version: Revision 1.2

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 8/7/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.12

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.4

Temporal Score: 3.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-9067

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7

Temporal Score: 6.3

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/17/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/18/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-9067

cwe: CWE-22