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)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.017 (76.4th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 76th percentile — 76.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.017 · newest: 0.017 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Modxcms — versions 0.9.0, 0.9.1, 0.9.2.1
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7204 (exploit)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3236 (vdb-entry)
- securityreason.com/securityalert/4940 (third-party-advisory)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46796 (vdb-entry)
- svn.modxcms.com/svn/tattoo/tattoo/releases/0.9.6.3/install/changelog.txt
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/32436 (Exploit, vdb-entry)