Fred MODX Revolution < 1.0.0-beta5 is affected by: Incorrect Access Control - CWE-648.

published 2019-07-24 7 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2019-1923

cvss: 9.8; version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 4.6%; EPSS 4.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 91%
public exploits: 0; none known

Fred MODX Revolution < 1.0.0-beta5 is affected by: Incorrect Access Control - CWE-648. The impact is: Remote Code Execution. The component is: assets/components/fred/web/elfinder/connector.php. The attack vector is: Uploading a PHP file or change data in the database. The fixed version is: https://github.com/modxcms/fred/commit/139cefac83b2ead90da23187d92739dec79d3ccd and https://github.com/modxcms/fred/commit/01f0a3d1ae7f3970639c2a0db1887beba0065246.

Exploit prediction

4.58% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 91% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

youtube.com https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOlw2DP9WbE referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	3.1	9.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	2.0	7.5	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

Fred MODX Revolution

Classification

Weakness

CWE-648 Incorrect Use of Privileged APIs
CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management

References

youtube.com /watch?v=vOlw2DP9WbE
exploit, third-party-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2019-1010178
NVD CVE-2019-1010178

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Summary