Security Advisory

CVE-2017-1000223

CVE vulnerability detail — eXtreme Datacenter Security Operations

Published 2017-11-17 05:00:00
Last updated 2024-09-16 20:52:25
Assigner mitre
State PUBLISHED

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.