CVE-2008-5938

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2009-01-22 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-94

Description

PHP remote file inclusion vulnerability in assets/snippets/reflect/snippet.reflect.php in MODx CMS 0.9.6.2 and earlier, when magic_quotes_gpc is disabled, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a URL in the reflect_base parameter.

Affected products

Modxcms: through 0.9.6.2; 0.9.0, 0.9.1, 0.9.2.1, 0.9.5, 0.9.6, 0.9.6.1

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/32824
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4940
http://svn.modxcms.com/svn/tattoo/tattoo/releases/0.9.6.3/install/changelog.txt
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32436
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3236
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46797
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7204
http://secunia.com/advisories/32824
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4940
http://svn.modxcms.com/svn/tattoo/tattoo/releases/0.9.6.3/install/changelog.txt
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32436
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3236

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