Vulnerability Report

CVE-2008-5938

RCE

Title: Modxcms RCE

RCE

Proof Of Concept

PoC Available for CVE-2008-5938

CWE Category CWE-94
Published Date Jan 22, 2009
Modified Date Jun 16, 2026
Exploit Status Available
Score 6.8 CVSS v2.0
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
2.39%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2008-5938: PHP remote file inclusion vulnerability in assets/snippets/reflect/snippet.reflect.php in MODx CMS 0.9.6.2 and earlier, when magic_quotes_gpc is disabled, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a URL in the reflect_base parameter.

Impacted Vendors

M
modxcms 1

Reference Links

http://secunia.com/advisories/32824 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 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3236 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46797 https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7204 http://secunia.com/advisories/32824 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 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3236 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46797 https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7204
CVSS v2.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity MEDIUM
6.8
Access Vector
N/A
Authentication
N/A
RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2008-5938 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

Exploit-DB https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7204
View Code
MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

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:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.