What is CVE-2017-11744?

CVE-2017-11744 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Modx Revolution, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2017-07-30.

How severe is CVE-2017-11744?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.

XSS in Modx Revolution

CVE-2017-11744

In MODX Revolution 2.5.7, the "key" and "name" parameters in the System Settings module are vulnerable to XSS. A malicious payload sent to connectors/index.php will be triggered by every user, when they visit this module.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2017-07-30 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.006 (46.7th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 47th percentile — 46.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.006 · newest: 0.006 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Modx Revolution — versions 2.5.7

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

github.com/modxcms/revolution/issues/13564 (Patch, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-11744?: CVE-2017-11744 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Modx Revolution, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2017-07-30.
How severe is CVE-2017-11744?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.