PT-2009-1415 · Modx · Modx

Gaku Mochizuki · Published 2009-01-22 · Updated 2017-08-08 · CVE-2008-5940

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

6.8

Medium

Base vector

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

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

Description The issue allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands when the magic quotes gpc setting is disabled. This is achieved via the searchid parameter in the "index.php" endpoint.

Recommendations For MODx versions 0.9.6.2 and earlier, consider disabling the searchid parameter in the "index.php" endpoint until a patch is available. Additionally, enabling magic quotes gpc can help mitigate this issue.

Fix

RCE

SQL injection

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-89

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-5940

Affected Products

Modx

References · 8

• http://secunia.com/advisories/33405 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/33182 · Patch
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-5940 · Security Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-5940 · Note
• http://svn.modxcms.com/svn/tattoo/tattoo/releases/0.9.6.3/install/changelog.txt · Note
• http://jvndb.jvn.jp/ja/contents/2009/JVNDB-2009-000005.html · Note
• http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN72630020/index.html · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47840 · Note