CVE-2006-1821 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in index.php in ModX 0.9.1 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) sequence and trailing NULL (%00) byte in the id parameter.

Published: 2006-04-18

Score: 6.4 Medium

EPSS: 5.1% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:modxcms:modxcms:0.9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2006-1821	Directory traversal vulnerability in index.php in ModX 0.9.1 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) sequence and trailing NULL (%00) byte in the id parameter.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.05096.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://secunia.com/advisories/19645
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015940
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/431010/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17533
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1383
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25895

History

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Subscriptions

Modxcms Modxcms

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2006-04-18T10:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T17:27:28.998Z

Reserved: 2006-04-17T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2006-1821

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2006-04-18T10:02:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2006-1821

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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