XSS in Modxcms

CVE-2008-5939

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.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.017 (75.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

  • Modxcms — versions 0.9.0, 0.9.1, 0.9.2.1
  • N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

References