What is CVE-2017-9071?

CVE-2017-9071 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Modx Revolution, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.7/10. Published 2017-05-18.

How severe is CVE-2017-9071?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.7 out of 10.

XSS in Modx Revolution

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. This is exploitable only in conjunction with other issues such as Cache Poisoning.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.006 (47.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.7 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Modx Modx_revolution
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
cve@mitre.org (Patch, x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-9071?: CVE-2017-9071 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Modx Revolution, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.7/10. Published 2017-05-18.
How severe is CVE-2017-9071?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.7 out of 10.