$ cve CVE-2008-0094 JSON

CVE-2008-0094 EXPLOIT

6.4

MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 3.2% (pctl 88)

Patch early

A public exploit exists.

Description

Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in MODx Content Management System 0.9.6.1 allow remote attackers to (1) include and execute arbitrary local files via a .. (dot dot) in the as_language parameter to assets/snippets/AjaxSearch/AjaxSearch.php, reached through index-ajax.php; and (2) read arbitrary local files via a .. (dot dot) in the file parameter to assets/js/htcmime.php.

Scoring

CVSS	6.4 (MEDIUM, v2.0)
Vector	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
EPSS	3.23% — more likely to be exploited than 88% of all CVEs
Weakness	CWE-22
On CISA KEV	no
Public exploit	yes
Published	2008-01-08
Last modified	2026-06-16

Affected (1)

Vendor	Product
modxcms	modxcms

Public exploits

Source	Title	Date
exploit-db	MODx 0.9.6.1 - 'htcmime.php' Source Code Information Disclosure	2008-01-02
exploit-db	MODx 0.9.6.1 - 'AjaxSearch.php' Local File Inclusion	2008-01-02

References

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