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CVE-2017-9068

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.1 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2017-05-18 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-79

Description

In MODX Revolution before 2.5.7, an attacker is able to trigger Reflected XSS by injecting payloads into several fields on the setup page, as demonstrated by the database_type parameter.

Affected products

• Modx Revolution: through 2.5.6

References

• https://citadelo.com/en/2017/04/modx-revolution-cms/
• https://github.com/modxcms/revolution/pull/13424
• https://citadelo.com/en/2017/04/modx-revolution-cms/
• https://github.com/modxcms/revolution/pull/13424

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