CVE-2008-5942 (GCVE-0-2008-5942)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2009-01-22 11:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 11:13
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Summary
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in MODx before 0.9.6.3 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via vectors related to (1) the preserveUrls function and (2) "username input." NOTE: vector 2 may be related to CVE-2008-5939.
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