Vulnerability Report

CVE-2008-5939

Title: Modxcms Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)

XSS

Proof Of Concept

PoC Available for CVE-2008-5939

CWE Category CWE-79
Published Date Jan 22, 2009
Modified Date Jun 16, 2026
Exploit Status Available
Score 4.3 CVSS v2.0
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
1.71%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2008-5939: 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.

Impacted Vendors

M
modxcms 1

Reference Links

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/46796 https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7204 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/46796 https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7204
CVSS v2.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity MEDIUM
4.3
Access Vector
N/A
Authentication
N/A
RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2008-5939 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:N/I:P/A:N

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.