GHSA-vrw6-7vgj-vj7x

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Source
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-vrw6-7vgj-vj7x
Import Source
https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2022/05/GHSA-vrw6-7vgj-vj7x/GHSA-vrw6-7vgj-vj7x.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/GHSA-vrw6-7vgj-vj7x
Aliases
Published
2022-05-17T02:43:14Z
Modified
2025-04-22T19:12:05Z
Severity
  • 6.1 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N CVSS Calculator
Summary
MODX Revolution Reflected XSS
Details

In MODX Revolution before 2.5.7, an attacker is able to trigger Reflected XSS by injecting payloads into several fields on the setup page, as demonstrated by the database_type parameter.

Database specific
{
    "cwe_ids":  [
        "CWE-79"
    ],
    "github_reviewed":  true,
    "github_reviewed_at":  "2025-04-22T18:43:09Z",
    "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-vrw6-7vgj-vj7x/GHSA-vrw6-7vgj-vj7x.json"