CVE-2014-5451
medium
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
4.3
Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in manager/templates/default/header.tpl in MODX Revolution 2.3.1-pl and earlier allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the "a" parameter to manager/. NOTE: this issue exists because of a CVE-2014-2080 regression.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| modx | modx_revolution | {"endIncluding":"2.3.1"} | |
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/128302/MODX-Revolution-2.3.1-pl-Cross-Site-Scripting.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/533466/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/69884
- https://github.com/modxcms/revolution/commit/e36f80f18e9514204bf2ce82747c8adf7e47a9c9
- https://www.htbridge.com/advisory/HTB23229
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/128302/MODX-Revolution-2.3.1-pl-Cross-Site-Scripting.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/533466/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/69884
- https://github.com/modxcms/revolution/commit/e36f80f18e9514204bf2ce82747c8adf7e47a9c9
- https://www.htbridge.com/advisory/HTB23229
CWEs
CWE-79
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.