PT-2009-1414 · Modx · Modx Cms

Romancyxhacker · Published 2009-01-22 · Updated 2017-09-29 · CVE-2008-5939

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.3

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions MODx CMS versions 0.9.6.2 and earlier

Description A cross-site scripting (XSS) issue exists, allowing remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a JavaScript event in the username field. This might be related to snippet.ditto.php.

Recommendations For MODx CMS versions 0.9.6.2 and earlier, update to a version later than 0.9.6.2 to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting input in the username field to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Exploit

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-5939

Affected Products

Modx Cms

References · 8

• 🔥 http://securityfocus.com/bid/32436 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/7204 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-5939 · Security Note
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3236 · Note
• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4940 · Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-5939 · Note
• http://svn.modxcms.com/svn/tattoo/tattoo/releases/0.9.6.3/install/changelog.txt · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46796 · Note