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Vulnerability record · CVE-2014-8773 · published 3 December 2014

CVE-2014-8773: Modx revolution cross-site request forgery vulnerability

Modx · Modx Revolution

MODX Revolution 2.x before 2.2.15 allows remote attackers to bypass the cross-site request forgery (CSRF) protection mechanism by (1) omitting the CSRF token or via a (2) long string in the CSRF token parameter.

6.8 CVSS 2.0 Medium EPSS 1.1% · top 34.5% CWE-352 · Cross-site request forgery
6.8CVSS 2.0 base score
1.1%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
4References, 2 tagged exploit
17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

MODX Revolution 2.x before 2.2.15 allows remote attackers to bypass the cross-site request forgery (CSRF) protection mechanism by (1) omitting the CSRF token or via a (2) long string in the CSRF token parameter.

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

Affected products

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

References

LinkTags
http://forums.modx.com/thread/92152/critical-login-xss-csrf-revolution-2-2-1-4-and-prior
http://hacktivity.websecgeeks.com/modx-csrf-and-xss/ Exploit
http://forums.modx.com/thread/92152/critical-login-xss-csrf-revolution-2-2-1-4-and-prior
http://hacktivity.websecgeeks.com/modx-csrf-and-xss/ Exploit

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2014-8773), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-10-12). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.