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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jan 22, 2009· Updated Apr 23, 2026

CVE-2008-5939

CVE-2008-5939

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.

Affected products

7
  • Modxcms/Modxcms7 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:modxcms:modxcms:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 6 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:modxcms:modxcms:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=0.9.6.2
    • cpe:2.3:a:modxcms:modxcms:0.9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:modxcms:modxcms:0.9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:modxcms:modxcms:0.9.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:modxcms:modxcms:0.9.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:modxcms:modxcms:0.9.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:modxcms:modxcms:0.9.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Patches

0

No patches discovered yet.

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