Vulnerability Report

CVE-2008-5942

Title: Modxcms Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)

XSS

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2008-5942.

CWE Category CWE-79

Published Date Jan 22, 2009

Modified Date Jun 16, 2026

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 4.3 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

1.06%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2008-5942: Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in MODx before 0.9.6.3 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via vectors related to (1) the preserveUrls function and (2) "username input." NOTE: vector 2 may be related to CVE-2008-5939.

Impacted Vendors

modxcms 1

Reference Links

http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN10170564/index.html http://jvndb.jvn.jp/ja/contents/2009/JVNDB-2009-000003.html http://svn.modxcms.com/svn/tattoo/tattoo/releases/0.9.6.3/install/changelog.txt http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33184 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/48184 http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN10170564/index.html http://jvndb.jvn.jp/ja/contents/2009/JVNDB-2009-000003.html http://svn.modxcms.com/svn/tattoo/tattoo/releases/0.9.6.3/install/changelog.txt http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33184 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/48184

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-2008-5942 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:N/I:P/A:N

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.