CVE-2008-5939

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2009-01-22 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in index.php in MODx CMS 0.9.6.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a JavaScript event in the username field, possibly related to snippet.ditto.php. NOTE: some sources list the id parameter as being affected, but this is probably incorrect based on the original disclosure.

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://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/46796
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7204
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/46796
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7204

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