CVE-2017-9071: Modx Revolution

Medium severity, CVSS 4.7. EPSS: 0.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• Modx Modx Revolution: up to and including 2.5.6

Published 2017-05-18. Last modified 2026-06-17.