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CVE-2008-5939

MEDIUM CVSS: 4.3 Published: 2009-01-22 Modified: 2026-06-16

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 Platforms

Modxcms Modxcms

Weakness Type

CWE-79

References