CVE-2017-9071

medium

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.

References

https://github.com/modxcms/revolution/pull/13426

https://citadelo.com/en/2017/04/modx-revolution-cms/

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2017-05-18

Updated: 2026-06-17

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 2.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Severity: Low

CVSS v3

Base Score: 4.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00266