CVE-2008-7243

Exp

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in page 34 in MODx CMS 0.9.6.1 and 0.9.6.1p1 allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of other users for requests that modify passwords via manager/index.php. NOTE: due to the lack of details, it is not clear whether this is related to CVE-2008-5941.

Published: 2009-09-17 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2008-7243 is rated Exploit Available (53.5/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.15%). 1 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-2008-7243

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-7243

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 2025-03-17 0.33% 0.15% -0.18%
2 2023-03-07 1.21% 0.33% -0.88%
3 2022-02-04 — 1.21% —

Full EPSS history (3 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-7243

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.8 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/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:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 8.6 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2008-7243

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-7243

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
modxcms modxcms 0.9.6.1 cpe:2.3:a:modxcms:modxcms:0.9.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
modxcms modxcms 0.9.6.1 cpe:2.3:a:modxcms:modxcms:0.9.6.1:p1:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-7243

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