CVE-2008-5939
MEDIUM · CVSS 4.3EPSS 1.7%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 4.3 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-79
- EPSS score
- 1.7% (77th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-5909)
- Published
- January 22, 2009
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-5909 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- modxcms / modxcms
- modxcms / modxcms
- modxcms / modxcms
- modxcms / modxcms
- modxcms / modxcms
- modxcms / modxcms
- modxcms / modxcms
References
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4940
- http://svn.modxcms.com/svn/tattoo/tattoo/releases/0.9.6.3/install/changelog.txt
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32436(Exploit)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3236
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46796
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7204
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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