Vulnerability Report

CVE-2008-5940

Title: Modxcms Injection (SQLi/OSi)

SQLi

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2008-5940.

CWE Category CWE-89

Published Date Jan 22, 2009

Modified Date Jun 16, 2026

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 6.8 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

1.18%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2008-5940: 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.

Impacted Vendors

modxcms 1

Reference Links

http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN72630020/index.html http://jvndb.jvn.jp/ja/contents/2009/JVNDB-2009-000005.html http://secunia.com/advisories/33405 http://svn.modxcms.com/svn/tattoo/tattoo/releases/0.9.6.3/install/changelog.txt http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33182 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47840 http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN72630020/index.html http://jvndb.jvn.jp/ja/contents/2009/JVNDB-2009-000005.html http://secunia.com/advisories/33405 http://svn.modxcms.com/svn/tattoo/tattoo/releases/0.9.6.3/install/changelog.txt http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33182 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47840

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-2008-5940 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

June 16, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 09, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

January 22, 2009 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.