Vulnerability Report

CVE-2008-0094

Title: Modxcms Path Traversal / LFI

Arbitrary File Access

Proof Of Concept

PoC Available for CVE-2008-0094

CWE Category CWE-22

Published Date Jan 08, 2008

Modified Date Jun 16, 2026

Exploit Status Available

Score 6.4 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

3.23%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2008-0094: Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in MODx Content Management System 0.9.6.1 allow remote attackers to (1) include and execute arbitrary local files via a .. (dot dot) in the as_language parameter to assets/snippets/AjaxSearch/AjaxSearch.php, reached through index-ajax.php; and (2) read arbitrary local files via a .. (dot dot) in the file parameter to assets/js/htcmime.php.

Impacted Vendors

modxcms 1

Reference Links

http://modxcms.com/forums/index.php/topic%2C21290.0.html http://secunia.com/advisories/28220 http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3522 http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/485707/100/0/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27096 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27097 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39352 http://modxcms.com/forums/index.php/topic%2C21290.0.html http://secunia.com/advisories/28220 http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3522 http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/485707/100/0/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27096 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27097 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39352

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity MEDIUM

6.4

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2008-0094 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

Exploit-DB https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/30969

View Code

Exploit-DB https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/30968

View Code

June 16, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 09, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

January 08, 2008 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A

Complexity N/A

Privileges N/A

Interaction NONE

CVSS Vector String


                                    AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.