CVE-2008-5940

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2009-01-22 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-89

Description

SQL injection vulnerability in index.php in MODx 0.9.6.2 and earlier, when magic_quotes_gpc is disabled, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the searchid parameter. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

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://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN72630020/index.html
http://jvndb.jvn.jp/ja/contents/2009/JVNDB-2009-000005.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/33405
http://svn.modxcms.com/svn/tattoo/tattoo/releases/0.9.6.3/install/changelog.txt
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33182
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47840
http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN72630020/index.html
http://jvndb.jvn.jp/ja/contents/2009/JVNDB-2009-000005.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/33405
http://svn.modxcms.com/svn/tattoo/tattoo/releases/0.9.6.3/install/changelog.txt
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33182
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47840

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