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CVE-2017-9071

18
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-9071 is a Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability affecting MODX Revolution versions prior to 2.5.7, where an attacker could inject a payload into the HTTP Host header. This vulnerability has a CVSSv3 score of 4.7 (Medium), indicating a network attack vector with high attack complexity, requiring user interaction, and leading to low confidentiality and integrity impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

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

4.7MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
1.6
Impact Score
2.7
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.65%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
47.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0065 is in the 63rd percentile among its peer group of 705 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.2 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-p2j4-vrgx-96qgmedium

MODX Revolution XSS via HTTP Host header

May 17, 2022

References

citadelo.com / en/2017/04/modx-revolution-cms
ExploitPatchThird Party Advisory
github.com / modxcms/revolution/pull/13426
PatchVendor Advisory