Medium severity · published May 18, 2017
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
4.7
CVSS
0.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
High
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.6% · higher than 51% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
MR
Modx Revolution · Modx
through 2.5.6 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-9071
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-9071
Exploit
https://citadelo.com/en/2017/04/modx-revolution-cms/
Patch
https://github.com/modxcms/revolution/pull/13426
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