modxcms/revolution · Security
MODX Revolution XSS via HTTP Host header
- GHSA ID
- GHSA-p2j4-vrgx-96qg
- CVE ID
- CVE-2017-9071
- Severity
- medium
- Published
- Updated
- CVSS
- 4.7 · CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- CVSS v3
- 4.7 · CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
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.
CWEs
- CWE-79 · Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')