CVE-2017-1000223

CVSS V2 Low 3.5 CVSS V3 Medium 5.4
Description
A stored web content injection vulnerability (WCI, a.k.a XSS) is present in MODX Revolution CMS version 2.5.6 and earlier. An authenticated user with permissions to edit users can save malicious JavaScript as a User Group name and potentially take control over victims' accounts. This can lead to an escalation of privileges providing complete administrative control over the CMS.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2017-1000223
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2017-11-17T05:29:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2017-12-01T15:08:02
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-79 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/79.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:modx:modx_revolution:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 2.5.6
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • MEDIUM
  • Authentication
  • SINGLE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Integrity Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 3.5
  • Severity
  • LOW
  • Exploitability Score
  • 6.8
  • Impact Score
  • 2.9
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • LOW
  • User Interaction
  • REQUIRED
  • Scope
  • CHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • LOW
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 5.4
  • Base Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 2.3
  • Impact Score
  • 2.7
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/modxcms/revolution/v2.5.7-pl/core/docs/changelog.txt Release Notes Third Party Advisory
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-1000223
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-1000223
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 08:10:09 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 23:13:25 2017-11-17T05:29Z 2017-11-17T05:29:00 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 23:13:25 2017-12-01T15:08:02 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 23:13:25 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated