🛡️ CVE-2022-26149 — revolution

🟠 CVSS 8.0 — High ✅ No Known Exploit CWE-434 NVD
8.0
CVSS Score
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Description

Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type in MODX Revolution

MODX Revolution through 2.8.3-pl allows remote authenticated administrators to execute arbitrary code by uploading an executable file, because the Uploadable File Types setting can be changed by an administrator.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs administrative privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality high, integrity high, availability high.

Weakness class

CVE-2022-26149 is classified as CWE-434: Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type. Uploads are accepted without restricting type, so an executable file can be placed where the server will run it.

Affected software

CVE-2022-26149 is recorded against 2 packages.

  • modx/revolution
  • revolution (fixed in 2.8.3)

Timeline and source

Published on 27 February 2022 and last revised on 8 November 2023. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from NVD.

References

nvd.nist.gov (Advisory)
github.com (Package)
github.com (Web)
packetstormsecurity.com (Web)

Details

Severity HIGH
CVSS Score 8.0
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE CWE-434
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source NVD
Published 2022-02-27
Updated 2026-08-12
Modified 2023-11-08
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
modx/revolution — —
revolution — 2.8.3

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