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CVE-2017-9069

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-9069 is a critical arbitrary code execution vulnerability affecting MODX Revolution versions prior to 2.5.7. It allows an authenticated attacker with file upload permissions to execute malicious code by uploading a specially crafted .htaccess file. This vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 8.8, indicating a severe impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability with low attack complexity. Despite its high severity, there is no public exploit code available, nor is there evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 2.5.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:modx:modx_revolution:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

8.8HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.86%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
77.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0186 is in the 75th percentile among its peer group of 17,822 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

composerpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: modx/revolutionFixed in: 2.5.7
github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

composerGHSA-23gj-x27g-r34fhigh

MODX Revolution allows overwriting .htaccess

May 17, 2022

References

citadelo.com / en/2017/04/modx-revolution-cms
ExploitPatchThird Party Advisory
github.com / modxcms/revolution/pull/13423
PatchVendor Advisory