{"id":"GHSA-p2j4-vrgx-96qg","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.","aliases":["CVE-2017-9071"],"modified":"2025-04-22T18:57:14.532359Z","published":"2022-05-17T02:43:14Z","database_specific":{"cwe_ids":["CWE-79"],"severity":"MODERATE","github_reviewed":true,"github_reviewed_at":"2025-04-22T18:43:57Z","nvd_published_at":"2017-05-18T16:29:00Z"},"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-9071"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/modxcms/revolution/pull/13426"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://citadelo.com/en/2017/04/modx-revolution-cms"},{"type":"PACKAGE","url":"https://github.com/modxcms/revolution"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"modx/revolution","ecosystem":"Packagist","purl":"pkg:composer/modx/revolution"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"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"}}],"schema_version":"1.9.0","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N"}]}