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Vulnerability record · CVE-2010-5278 · published 7 October 2012

CVE-2010-5278: Modx revolution path traversal vulnerability

Modx · Modx Revolution

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.

4.3 CVSS 2.0 Medium EPSS 19% · top 2.8% CWE-22 · Path traversal
4.3CVSS 2.0 base score
19%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
16References
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

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.

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
http://modxcms.com/forums/index.php/topic%2C55104.0.html
http://modxcms.com/forums/index.php/topic%2C55105.msg317273.html
http://packetstormsecurity.org/1009-exploits/modx202pl-lfi.txt Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/41638 Vendor Advisory
http://www.johnleitch.net/Vulnerabilities/MODx.Revolution.2.0.2-pl.Local.File.Inclusion/49 Third Party Advisory
http://www.osvdb.org/68265 Broken Link
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/43577 Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/62073 Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://modxcms.com/forums/index.php/topic%2C55104.0.html
http://modxcms.com/forums/index.php/topic%2C55105.msg317273.html
http://packetstormsecurity.org/1009-exploits/modx202pl-lfi.txt Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/41638 Vendor Advisory
http://www.johnleitch.net/Vulnerabilities/MODx.Revolution.2.0.2-pl.Local.File.Inclusion/49 Third Party Advisory
http://www.osvdb.org/68265 Broken Link
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/43577 Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/62073 Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2010-5278), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.