Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability via HTTP Host Header Injection

Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability via HTTP Host Header Injection

CVE-2017-9071 · LOW Severity

AV:N/AC:H/AU:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

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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