FKIE_CVE-2008-5939

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2009-01-22 11:30 - Updated: 2026-06-16 23:01
Severity
Summary
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.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://securityreason.com/securityalert/4940
cve@mitre.orghttp://svn.modxcms.com/svn/tattoo/tattoo/releases/0.9.6.3/install/changelog.txt
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32436Exploit
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3236
cve@mitre.orghttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46796
cve@mitre.orghttps://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7204
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4940
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://svn.modxcms.com/svn/tattoo/tattoo/releases/0.9.6.3/install/changelog.txt
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32436Exploit
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3236
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46796
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7204
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
modxcms modxcms *
modxcms modxcms 0.9.0
modxcms modxcms 0.9.1
modxcms modxcms 0.9.2.1
modxcms modxcms 0.9.5
modxcms modxcms 0.9.6
modxcms modxcms 0.9.6.1
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  "lastModified": "2026-06-16T23:01:16.160",
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