MODX Revolution up to 2.2.14 Session information disclosure

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in MODX Revolution. It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Session. The manipulation leads to information disclosure. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2014-8775. In addition, an exploit is available. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in MODX Revolution (Content Management System). This issue affects an unknown function of the component Session. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. Impacted is confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

MODX Revolution 2.x before 2.2.15 does not include the HTTPOnly flag in a Set-Cookie header for the session cookie, which makes it easier for remote attackers to obtain potentially sensitive information via script access to this cookie.

The weakness was presented 12/03/2014 (Website). The advisory is shared at hacktivity.websecgeeks.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2014-8775 since 11/13/2014. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1592 for this issue.

The exploit is available at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept.

Upgrading to version 2.1.0 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Exploit-DB (35159). See VDB-73072 and VDB-73071 for similar entries. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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Type

• Content Management System

Vendor

• MODX

Name

• Revolution

Version

• 2.0.0
• 2.0.1
• 2.0.2
• 2.0.3
• 2.0.4
• 2.0.5
• 2.0.6
• 2.0.7
• 2.0.8
• 2.1.0
• 2.1.1
• 2.1.2
• 2.1.3
• 2.1.4
• 2.1.5
• 2.2.0
• 2.2.1
• 2.2.2
• 2.2.3
• 2.2.4
• 2.2.5
• 2.2.6
• 2.2.7
• 2.2.8
• 2.2.9
• 2.2.10
• 2.2.11
• 2.2.12
• 2.2.13
• 2.2.14

License

• open-source

Website

• Vendor: https://modx.com/

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Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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