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CVE-2018-20755

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-20755 describes a Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in MODX Revolution versions up to and including 2.7.0-pl, specifically through the User Photo field. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 6.1) can be exploited remotely with low attack complexity, requiring user interaction, and could lead to limited confidentiality and integrity impacts. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 2.7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:modx:modx_revolution:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:modx:modx_revolution:2.7.0:pl:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

6.1MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
2.7
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.86%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
54.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0086 is in the 65th percentile among its peer group of 26,236 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 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: 2.7.1-pl
github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

composerGHSA-q4c2-q63g-62j7medium

MODX Revolution vulnerable to XSS attack through its User Photo field

May 14, 2022

References

github.com / modxcms/revolution/issues/14102
ExploitPatchThird Party Advisory