CVE-2008-5940
MEDIUM · CVSS 6.8EPSS 1.2%EU EUVD
SQL injection vulnerability in index.php in MODx 0.9.6.2 and earlier, when magic_quotes_gpc is disabled, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the searchid parameter. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 6.8 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-89
- EPSS score
- 1.2% (68th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-5910)
- 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-2008-5910 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://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN72630020/index.html
- http://jvndb.jvn.jp/ja/contents/2009/JVNDB-2009-000005.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33405(Vendor Advisory)
- http://svn.modxcms.com/svn/tattoo/tattoo/releases/0.9.6.3/install/changelog.txt
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33182(Patch)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47840
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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