CVE-2010-5278
Directory traversal vulnerability in manager/controllers/default/resource/tvs.php in MODx Revolution 2.0.2-pl, and possibly earlier, when…
- 4.3MediumCVSS base score
- 18.6%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 2.7% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 2Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
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.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list a Nuclei template and an Exploit-DB entry for it.
Show the exploits2
Nuclei templates1 template
- MODx manager - Local File Inclusion (Nuclei template) (opens in a new tab)
http/cves/2010/CVE-2010-5278.yamlSeverity medium
Exploit-DB1 entry
- MODx manager - '/controllers/default/resource/tvs.php?class_key' Traversal Local File Inclusion (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 34788webapps, phppublished 29 Sept 2010Verified
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
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Published
- 12 years later
· 12 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 18.6% · top 2.7% of all CVEs (11 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.3.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
References8
- http://packetstormsecurity.org/1009-exploits/modx202pl-lfi.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://modxcms.com/forums/index.php/topic%2C55104.0.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 43577 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 41638 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- modx-classkey-file-include(62073) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- http://www.johnleitch.net/Vulnerabilities/MODx.Revolution.2.0.2-pl.Local.File.Inclusion/49 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://modxcms.com/forums/index.php/topic%2C55105.msg317273.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 68265 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_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)
- EUVD EUVD-2010-5237 (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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