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CVE-2017-9071
In MODX Revolution before 2.5.7, an attacker might be able to trigger XSS by injecting a payload into the HTTP Host header of a request.…
Medium4.7EPSS 0.65%
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- mitre
Description
In MODX Revolution before 2.5.7, an attacker might be able to trigger XSS by injecting a payload into the HTTP Host header of a request. This is exploitable only in conjunction with other issues such as Cache Poisoning.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | Medium4.7 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.65% · top 49% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.7.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- Packagistmodx/revolutionGHSA-p2j4-vrgx-96qg (opens in a new tab)
References (2)
- https://citadelo.com/en/2017/04/modx-revolution-cms/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://github.com/modxcms/revolution/pull/13426 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-p2j4-vrgx-96qg (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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