CVE-2017-9071

lowpriority · track · 19EPSS 0.006 · 51 %ileEUUS
grimoire priorityP3 · Track
Exploitable?
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no known exploitation
Likely / severe?
0.65% (51st) EPSS
CVSS 2.6 · low
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, 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.

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cvss

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4.7
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · low–medium · 2.6–4.7

v2.02.6lowAV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 4.9 · impact 2.9
v3.04.7mediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 1.6 · impact 2.7
v3.04.7mediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:Nsecondary · OSV
v3.04.3mediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)
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affected products (3)

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advisories (1)

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  • GHSA-p2j4-vrgx-96qgMODX Revolution XSS via HTTP Host header2022-05-17ghsa · osvUS

    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.

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also known as (3)

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published 2017-05-18modified 2026-06-17
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references (7)

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