CVE-2008-5939

Medium

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.

SeverityMedium
CVSS4.3
Exploit probability—
ProductModxcms
PublishedJan 22, 2009
First seenJan 22, 2009

How to fix

Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
modxcms modxcmsv ≤ 0.9.6.2, 0.9.0, 0.9.1, 0.9.2.1, 0.9.5, 0.9.6, 0.9.6.1—

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