MODX Revolution cross-site scripting vulnerability

MEDIUM 5.4CVE-2017-9070 · GHSA-7hhg-xj2h-5vq9 · Published 18/05/2017 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2017-9070 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 5.4) vulnerability affecting modx/revolution, modx revolution (modx).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 0.56%, higher than 46.8% of all vulnerabilities.
Fix: update to 2.5.7 or later.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
modx/revolution Packagist	`< 2.5.7`	`2.5.7`
modx revolution modx	`≤ 2.5.6`	No fix yet

Description

In MODX Revolution before 2.5.7, a user with resource edit permissions can inject an XSS payload into the title of any post via the pagetitle parameter to connectors/index.php.

NVD description

In MODX Revolution before 2.5.7, a user with resource edit permissions can inject an XSS payload into the title of any post via the pagetitle parameter to connectors/index.php.

References

nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-9070 · ADVISORY
modxcms/revolution#13415 · WEB
citadelo.com/en/2017/04/modx-revolution-cms · WEB
modxcms/revolution · PACKAGE
citadelo.com/en/2017/04/modx-revolution-cms · Exploit

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Package

Affected versions

Patched versions

modx/revolution

Packagist

< 2.5.7

2.5.7

modx revolution

modx

≤ 2.5.6

No fix yet

Description

In MODX Revolution before 2.5.7, a user with resource edit permissions can inject an XSS payload into the title of any post via the pagetitle parameter to connectors/index.php.

NVD description

In MODX Revolution before 2.5.7, a user with resource edit permissions can inject an XSS payload into the title of any post via the pagetitle parameter to connectors/index.php.

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