GHSA-p2j4-vrgx-96qg

Source

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

Import Source

https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2022/05/GHSA-p2j4-vrgx-96qg/GHSA-p2j4-vrgx-96qg.json

JSON Data

https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/GHSA-p2j4-vrgx-96qg

Aliases

CVE-2017-9071

Published

2022-05-17T02:43:14Z

Modified

2025-04-22T18:57:14Z

Severity

4.7 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N CVSS Calculator

Summary

MODX Revolution XSS via HTTP Host header

Details

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.

Database specific

{
    "cwe_ids":  [
        "CWE-79"
    ],
    "github_reviewed":  true,
    "github_reviewed_at":  "2025-04-22T18:43:57Z",
    "nvd_published_at":  "2017-05-18T16:29:00Z",
    "severity":  "MODERATE"
}

References

Affected packages

Packagist / modx/revolution

Package

Name: modx/revolution
Purl: pkg:composer/modx/revolution

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

2.5.7

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2022/05/GHSA-p2j4-vrgx-96qg/GHSA-p2j4-vrgx-96qg.json"