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Vulnerability record · CVE-2014-2080 · published 1 March 2014

CVE-2014-2080: Modx revolution cross-site scripting vulnerability

Modx · Modx Revolution

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in manager/templates/default/header.tpl in ModX Revolution before 2.2.11 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the "a" parameter.

4.3 CVSS 2.0 Medium EPSS 1.9% · top 21.0% CWE-79 · Cross-site scripting
4.3CVSS 2.0 base score
1.9%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
10References, 2 tagged exploit
17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in manager/templates/default/header.tpl in ModX Revolution before 2.2.11 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the "a" parameter.

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
http://modx.com/blog/2014/01/21/revolution-2.2.11%E2%80%94security-fixes-and-prevent-change-loss PatchVendor Advisory
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q1/431
http://secunia.com/advisories/57038 Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/65755
https://github.com/modxcms/revolution/commit/77463eb6a8090f474b04fdc1b72225cb93c558ea ExploitPatch
http://modx.com/blog/2014/01/21/revolution-2.2.11%E2%80%94security-fixes-and-prevent-change-loss PatchVendor Advisory
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q1/431
http://secunia.com/advisories/57038 Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/65755
https://github.com/modxcms/revolution/commit/77463eb6a8090f474b04fdc1b72225cb93c558ea ExploitPatch

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2014-2080), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-10-12). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.