5.4med
CVE-2017-9070
MODX Revolution cross-site scripting vulnerability
Also known as GHSA-7hhg-xj2h-5vq9
Published 9 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON
CVSS
5.4
v3.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
0.6%
percentile 47%
Public exploits
0
none known
Summary
In MODX Revolution before 2.5.7, a user with resource edit permissions can inject an XSS payload into the title of any post via the pagetitle parameter to connectors/index.php.
Exploit prediction (EPSS)
0.56% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 47% of all scored CVEs.
CVSS scores
| Assigned by | Version | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 3.0 | 5.4 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N |
| NVD | 2.0 | 3.5 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N |
| GitHub | 3.0 | 5.4 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N |
Affected packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| packagist | modx/revolution | <2.5.7 | 2.5.7 |
Classification
- Weakness
- CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation
References
- citadelo.com /en/2017/04/modx-revolution-cms/ · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
- github.com /modxcms/revolution/pull/13415 · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
- nvd.nist.gov /vuln/detail/CVE-2017-9070 · advisory
- citadelo.com /en/2017/04/modx-revolution-cms · web
- github.com /modxcms/revolution · package
Sources
- CVE List: CVE-2017-9070
- GitHub Advisory: GHSA-7hhg-xj2h-5vq9
- NVD: CVE-2017-9070
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