MODX Evolution 1.0.13 (and prior) AjaxSearch Vulnerability

By Jason Coward  |  Updated: February 21, 2019  |  1 min read
MODX Evolution 1.0.13 (and prior) AjaxSearch Vulnerability

Product: MODX Evolution
Risk: Very High
Severity: Critical
Versions: <=1.0.13
Vulnerabilty Type: Remote Code Execution
Report Date: 2014-May-29
Fixed Date: 2014-June-5

Description
The AjaxSearch component distributed with all versions of MODX Evolution (and 0.9.x) contains a vulnerability that allows remote code execution.

Affected Releases
All MODX 0.9.x/Evolution releases prior to and including MODX Evolution 1.0.13 (with AjaxSearch installed) are affected.

Solutions
There are two ways to resolve or mitigate the issue:


  1. Upgrade AjaxSearch to version 1.10.1
  2. Upgrade to MODX Evolution 1.0.14.


NOTE
A special thanks to Semko Vitaliy for identifying the vector and community member Thomas Jakobi for the resolution.