Medium
Security advisory
In MODX Revolution 2.5.7, the "key" and "name" parameters in the System Settings module are vulnerable to XSS. A malicious payload sent to connectors/index.php will be triggered by every user, when they visit this module.
- Products
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- Affected versions
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- Fixed versions
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- CVEs
- CVE-2017-11744
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
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- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 09:49 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
In MODX Revolution 2.5.7, the "key" and "name" parameters in the System Settings module are vulnerable to XSS. A malicious payload sent to connectors/index.php will be triggered by every user, when they visit this module.
osv:CVE-2017-11744
Complete source record
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