MODx snippet.reflect.php file include
| modx-snippetreflect-file-include (46797) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
MODx could allow a remote attacker to include arbitrary files. A remote attacker could send a specially-crafted URL request to the snippet.reflect.php script using the reflect_base parameter to specify a malicious file from a remote system, which could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary code on the vulnerable Web server.
*CVSS:
| Base Score: | 7.5 |
| Access Vector: | Network |
| Access Complexity: | Low |
| Authentication: | None |
| Confidentiality Impact: | Partial |
| Integrity Impact: | Partial |
| Availability Impact: | Partial |
| Temporal Score: | 5.5 |
| Exploitability: | Unproven |
| Remediation Level: | Official-Fix |
| Report Confidence: | Confirmed |
Consequences:
Gain Access
Remedy:
Upgrade to the latest version of MODx (0.9.6.3 or later), available from the MODx Web site. See References.
References:
- MODx Content Management System Web site: MODx Content Management System.
- MODx Web site: MODx 0.9.6.3 (rev 4565 - December 17, 2008).
- BID-32436: MODx CMS Cross Site Scripting and Remote File Include Vulnerabilities
- CVE-2008-5938: PHP remote file inclusion vulnerability in assets/snippets/reflect/snippet.reflect.php in MODx CMS 0.9.6.2 and earlier, when magic_quotes_gpc is disabled, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a URL in the reflect_base parameter.
- SA32824: MODx CMS "reflect_base" File Inclusion Vulnerability
- VUPEN/ADV-2008-3236: MODx Remote File Inclusion and Cross Site Scripting Vulnerabilities
Platforms Affected:
- MODx CMS MODx 0.9.0
- MODx CMS MODx 0.9.1
- MODx CMS MODx 0.9.5
- MODx CMS MODx 0.9.6
- MODx CMS MODx 0.9.6.1
- MODx CMS MODx 0.9.6.1 p1
- MODx CMS MODx 0.9.6.2
Reported:
Nov 23, 2008
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