# CVE-2025-28010: MODX allows cross-site scripting (XSS) via an SVG file

> Authenticated users can upload malicious SVG files as profile images, leading to cross-site scripting attacks against other users.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.4 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 13 Mar 2025
- **Updated:** 19 Mar 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-hm54-fg2w-2g6j

## What is CVE-2025-28010?

CVE-2025-28010 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in n/a, published on 13 Mar 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

A cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability has been identified in MODX prior to 3.1.0. The vulnerability allows authenticated users to upload SVG files containing malicious JavaScript code as profile images, which gets executed in victims' browsers when viewing the profile image.

Weakness: CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-28010?

2 open source packages ship an affected version, including modx/revolution. It affects 1 product.


| Package | Ecosystem | Affected | Fixed in |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `modx/revolution` | Packagist | All versions to 3.1.0 | None |
| `modx/revolution` | Packagist | All versions to 3.1.0 | None |

Products: Modx Modx.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-28010?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-28010 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-28010 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-28010 exists.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-28010 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-28010 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in n/a, published on 13 Mar 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-28010 exists.

Affected packages and fixed versions:
- modx/revolution (Packagist): affected all versions up to 3.1.0; no fix listed
- modx/revolution (Packagist): affected all versions up to 3.1.0; no fix listed

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-28010/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-28010/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-28010
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-28010
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-28010

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-28010/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.