CVE-2008-7242 EXPLOIT
4.3
MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 1.5% (pctl 74)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in MODx CMS 0.9.6.1 and 0.9.6.1p1 allo remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) search, (2) "a," (3) messagesubject, and (4) messagebody parameters to certain pages as reachable from manager/index.php; (5) highlight, (6) id, (7) email, (8) name, and (9) parent parameters to index.php; and the (10) docgrp and (11) moreResultsPage parameters to index-ajax.php.
Scoring
| CVSS | 4.3 (MEDIUM, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
| EPSS | 1.51% — more likely to be exploited than 74% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-79 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2009-09-17 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| modxcms | modxcms |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | MODx 0.9.6 - 'index.php' Multiple Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities | 2008-02-07 |
References
- http://osvdb.org/41232
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28840
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/487696/100/200/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27672
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/40375
- http://osvdb.org/41232
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28840
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/487696/100/200/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27672
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/40375
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