Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jan 22, 2009· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2008-5942
CVE-2008-5942
Description
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in MODx before 0.9.6.3 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via vectors related to (1) the preserveUrls function and (2) "username input." NOTE: vector 2 may be related to CVE-2008-5939.
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8cpe: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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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