CVE-2019-1010123 — MODX Revolution Gallery 1

MODX Revolution Gallery 1.7.0 is affected by: CWE-434: Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type. The impact is: Creating file with custom a filename and content. The component is: Filtering user parameters before passing them into phpthumb class. The attack vector is: web

01What is this vulnerability?

MODX Revolution Gallery 1.7.0 is affected by: CWE-434: Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type. The impact is: Creating file with custom a filename and content. The component is: Filtering user parameters before passing them into phpthumb class. The attack vector is: web request via /assets/components/gallery/connector.php.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
MODX Revolution	Gallery	1.7.0

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2019-07-23T12:36:44.000Z
• Last modified: 2024-08-05T03:07:18.178Z

09References

• modx.pro — https://modx.pro/security/15912#comment-99640
• modx.today — https://modx.today/posts/2018/07/critical-security-vulnerability-in-gallery-1.7.…