CVE-2017-1000223

Publication date

2017-11-17 05:00:00

Family

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.