CVE-2014-5451
MEDIUM · CVSS 4.3EPSS 1.9%EU EUVD
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in manager/templates/default/header.tpl in MODX Revolution 2.3.1-pl and earlier allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the "a" parameter to manager/. NOTE: this issue exists because of a CVE-2014-2080 regression.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 4.3 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-79
- EPSS score
- 1.9% (80th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2014-5338)
- Published
- November 6, 2014
- NVD last modified
- June 17, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2014-5338 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- modx / modx revolution
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/128302/MODX-Revolution-2.3.1-pl-Cross-Site-Scripting.html(Exploit)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/533466/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/69884(Exploit)
- https://github.com/modxcms/revolution/commit/e36f80f18e9514204bf2ce82747c8adf7e47a9c9(Exploit)
- https://www.htbridge.com/advisory/HTB23229(Exploit)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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