PT-2017-18687 · Modx · Modx Revolution

Opengeek · Published 2017-05-18 · Updated 2022-05-17 · CVE-2017-9071

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

4.7

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions MODX Revolution versions prior to 2.5.7

Description The issue allows an attacker to potentially trigger XSS by injecting a payload into the HTTP Host header of a request. This is only exploitable in conjunction with other issues, such as Cache Poisoning.

Recommendations For MODX Revolution versions prior to 2.5.7, update to version 2.5.7 or later to resolve the issue.

Exploit

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2017-9071

GHSA-P2J4-VRGX-96QG

Affected Products

Modx Revolution

References · 7

• 🔥 https://citadelo.com/en/2017/04/modx-revolution-cms · Exploit
• https://github.com/modxcms/revolution/pull/13426 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-p2j4-vrgx-96qg · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-9071 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-9071 · Vendor Advisory
• https://github.com/modxcms/revolution · Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-9071 · Note