CVE-2008-5941

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in MODx 0.9.6.1p2 and earlier allows remote attackers to perform unauthorized actions as other users via unknown vectors.

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-2008-5941 is rated Low Risk (36.5/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.18%). Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-5941

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 2025-03-30 0.14% 0.18% +0.03%
2 2025-03-29 0.18% 0.14% -0.03%
3 2025-03-17 — 0.18% —

Full EPSS history (5 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-5941

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P 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:S)
A single authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 6.8 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2008-5941

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-5941

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
modxcms modxcms <= 0.9.6.1 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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-5941

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