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CVE-2008-5940
SQL injection vulnerability in index.php in MODx 0.9.6.2 and earlier, when magic_quotes_gpc is disabled, allows remote attackers to…
Medium6.8EPSS 1.2%
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- mitre
Description
SQL injection vulnerability in index.php in MODx 0.9.6.2 and earlier, when magic_quotes_gpc is disabled, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the searchid parameter. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium6.8 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.2% · top 32% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.8.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (6)
- JVNDB-2009-000005 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_JVNDBx_transferred
- JVN#72630020 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_JVNx_transferred
- 33182 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- modx-searchid-sql-injection(47840) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- http://svn.modxcms.com/svn/tattoo/tattoo/releases/0.9.6.3/install/changelog.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 33405 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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