CVE-2008-0094

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.4 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2008-01-08 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-22

Description

Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in MODx Content Management System 0.9.6.1 allow remote attackers to (1) include and execute arbitrary local files via a .. (dot dot) in the as_language parameter to assets/snippets/AjaxSearch/AjaxSearch.php, reached through index-ajax.php; and (2) read arbitrary local files via a .. (dot dot) in the file parameter to assets/js/htcmime.php.

Affected products

Modxcms: 0.9.6.1

References

http://modxcms.com/forums/index.php/topic%2C21290.0.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/28220
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3522
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/485707/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27096
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27097
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39352
http://modxcms.com/forums/index.php/topic%2C21290.0.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/28220
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3522
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/485707/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27096

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