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CVE-2008-5939

21
FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-5939 describes a Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in MODx CMS version 0.9.6.2 and earlier, specifically within the index.php file. Attackers can inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a JavaScript event in the username field, potentially impacting user sessions or defacing content. With a CVSS score of 4.3, this vulnerability is of medium severity, requiring medium attack complexity and resulting in partial integrity impact. While there is an ExploitDB entry for this specific version, there is no evidence of active exploitation, Metasploit or Nuclei modules, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 0.9.6.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:modxcms:modxcms:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.9.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:modxcms:modxcms:0.9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.9.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:modxcms:modxcms:0.9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.9.2.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:modxcms:modxcms:0.9.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.9.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:modxcms:modxcms:0.9.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.3MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.71%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
75.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-7204 · Nov 23, 2008
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0171 is in the 53rd percentile among its peer group of 19,954 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

securityreason.com / securityalert/4940
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/46796
svn.modxcms.com / svn/tattoo/tattoo/releases/0.9.6.3/install/changelog.txt
exploit-db.com / exploits/7204
securityfocus.com / bid/32436
Exploit
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/3236