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SCA: security update for modx/revolution (GHSA-m899-6mh4-mpc5)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 433800

Description

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

 - MODX Revolution version <=2.6.4 contains a Incorrect Access Control vulnerability in Filtering user
 parameters before passing them into phpthumb class that can result in Creating file with custom a filename
 and content. This attack appear to be exploitable via Web request. This vulnerability appears to have been
 fixed in commit 06bc94257408f6a575de20ddb955aca505ef6e68. (CVE-2018-1000207)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-m899-6mh4-mpc5

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 433800

Version: Revision 1.3

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 8/19/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.9

Percentile: 97.35

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-1000207

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 6.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/13/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/13/2018

Exploitable With

Elliot (MODX Revolution < 2.6.4 File Upload)

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-1000207

cwe: CWE-732