CVE-2008-5939 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2008-5939

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in index.php in MODx CMS 0.9.6.2...

Vulnerability Description

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.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

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References

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

modxcms
Vulnerable Versions:
0, 0.9.0, 0.9.1, 0.9.2.1, 0.9.5, 0.9.6, 0.9.6.1

Timeline

Official Publish: January 22nd, 2009
Last Modified: August 7th, 2024
Added to House: July 18th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.