CVE-2017-9069

mediumpriority · track · 36EPSS 0.019 · 79 %ileEUUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

1.86% (79th) EPSS

CVSS 6.5 · medium

Is it mine?

3 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

4 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · nvd · osv

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

In MODX Revolution before 2.5.7, a user with file upload permissions is able to execute arbitrary code by uploading a file with the name .htaccess.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

8.8

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 6.5–8.8

v2.06.5mediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:Pprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 8 · impact 6.4

v3.08.8highCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 2.8 · impact 5.9

v3.08.8highCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · OSV

v3.08.1highCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-434USprimaryCWE-434US

affected products (3)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
modx modx revolution≤ 2.5.6nvdUScpe:2.3:a:modx:modx_revolution:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Packagist modx/revolution< 2.5.7osvUSpkg:composer/modx/revolution

advisories (1)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

GHSA-23gj-x27g-r34fMODX Revolution allows overwriting .htaccess2022-05-17ghsa · osvUS
In MODX Revolution before 2.5.7, a user with file upload permissions is able to execute arbitrary code by uploading a file with the name .htaccess.

also known as (3)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd nvd osv NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2017-05-18modified 2026-06-17

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references (7)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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