CVE-2008-5939

Exp

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.

Published: 2009-01-22 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2008-5939 is rated Exploit Available (54.1/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.71%). 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2008-5939

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
7204 exploit_db edb 2008-11-23 Exploit-DB ↗
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-5939

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 5.79% 1.71% -4.08%
2 2026-03-14 4.58% 5.79% +1.21%
3 2026-01-22 — 4.58% —

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-5939

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.3 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 8.6 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2008-5939

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-5939

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
modxcms modxcms <= 0.9.6.2 cpe:2.3:a:modxcms:modxcms:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
modxcms modxcms 0.9.0 cpe:2.3:a:modxcms:modxcms:0.9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
modxcms modxcms 0.9.1 cpe:2.3:a:modxcms:modxcms:0.9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
modxcms modxcms 0.9.2.1 cpe:2.3:a:modxcms:modxcms:0.9.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
modxcms modxcms 0.9.5 cpe:2.3:a:modxcms:modxcms:0.9.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
modxcms modxcms 0.9.6 cpe:2.3:a:modxcms:modxcms:0.9.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
modxcms modxcms 0.9.6.1 cpe:2.3:a:modxcms:modxcms:0.9.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-5939

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