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CVE-2020-25911

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2020-25911 is a critical XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability found in the modRestServiceRequest component of MODX CMS 2.7.3. This flaw allows an unauthenticated attacker to achieve information disclosure or denial of service (DoS) with low attack complexity over the network. While rated with a CVSS score of 9.1 (CRITICAL), there is currently no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.7.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:modx:modx_revolution:2.7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

9.1CRITICAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.2
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.31%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
81.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0231 is in the 71st percentile among its peer group of 36,835 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 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: 2.8.0
github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

composerGHSA-vhfp-9wvj-gwvgcritical

XML External Entity vulnerability in MODX CMS

Nov 1, 2021

References

github.com / dahua966/Vul_disclose/blob/main/XXE_modxcms.md
ExploitThird Party Advisory
github.com / modxcms/revolution/issues/15237
PatchThird Party Advisory