CVE-2017-7320

MediumCVSS 6.1/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

setup/controllers/language.php in MODX Revolution 2.5.4-pl and earlier does not properly constrain the language parameter, which allows remote attackers to conduct Cookie-Bombing attacks and cause a denial of service (cookie quota exhaustion), or conduct HTTP Response Splitting attacks with resultant XSS, via an invalid parameter value.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 6.1/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Weakness enumeration

CWE-79

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97228Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://mazinahmed.net/services/public-reports/ModX%20-%20Responsible%20Disclosure%20-%20January%202017.pdfExploit, Technical Description, Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97228Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://mazinahmed.net/services/public-reports/ModX%20-%20Responsible%20Disclosure%20-%20January%202017.pdfExploit, Technical Description, Third Party Advisory

Timeline

Published: Mar 30, 2017
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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