CVE-2006-1821

Modxcms - Path Traversal

Title source: rule
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2006-1821. PoCs published by Rusydi Hasan.

AI-analyzed exploit summary The provided text describes a directory traversal vulnerability in MODxCMS, where unsanitized user input allows arbitrary file retrieval. The example URL demonstrates the attack vector but lacks executable exploit code.

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.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WRITEUP VERIFIED
by Rusydi Hasan · textwebappsphp
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/27649

The provided text describes a directory traversal vulnerability in MODxCMS, where unsanitized user input allows arbitrary file retrieval. The example URL demonstrates the attack vector but lacks executable exploit code.

Classification
Writeup 80%
Attack Type
Info Leak
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Theoretical
Target: MODxCMS (version not specified)
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Access to the vulnerable MODxCMS instance
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (6)

Core 6
Core References
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/19645
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/431010/100/0/threaded
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25895
Third Party Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1383
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17533
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015940

Scores

EPSS 0.0297
EPSS Percentile 85.5%

Details

Status published
Products (1)
modxcms/modxcms 0.9.1
Published Apr 18, 2006
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026