CVE-2008-5938 EXPLOIT
6.8
MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 2.4% (pctl 83)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
PHP remote file inclusion vulnerability in assets/snippets/reflect/snippet.reflect.php in MODx CMS 0.9.6.2 and earlier, when magic_quotes_gpc is disabled, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a URL in the reflect_base parameter.
Scoring
| CVSS | 6.8 (MEDIUM, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| EPSS | 2.39% — more likely to be exploited than 83% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-94 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2009-01-22 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| modxcms | modxcms |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | MODx CMS 0.9.6.2 - Remote File Inclusion / Cross-Site Scripting | 2008-11-23 |
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32824
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4940
- http://svn.modxcms.com/svn/tattoo/tattoo/releases/0.9.6.3/install/changelog.txt
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32436
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3236
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46797
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7204
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32824
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4940
- http://svn.modxcms.com/svn/tattoo/tattoo/releases/0.9.6.3/install/changelog.txt
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32436
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3236
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46797
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7204
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