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SCA: security update for modx/revolution (GHSA-p2j4-vrgx-96qg)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 433546

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - 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. (CVE-2017-9071)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-p2j4-vrgx-96qg

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 433546

Version: Revision 1.2

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 8/19/2025

Updated: 1/28/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.3

Percentile: 8.67

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.6

Temporal Score: 2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-9071

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.7

Temporal Score: 4.2

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/17/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/18/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-9071

cwe: CWE-79